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Boy Problem Solved 



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Kappa Sigma Pi 
DAVID H. JEHISON 





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Class 

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Copyright N°. 



COPYRIGHT DEPOSI-n 




REV. D. H. JEMISON, 

Founder and Grand Chaplain, 

Cincinnati, O., U. S. A. 



-:- THE -:- 

BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 

A STUDY OF THE BOY 

AND THE 

REVISED MANUAL OF THE 

Kappa Sigma Pi 

OR THE 

Modern Knights of St. Paul 

INTERNATIONAL AND INTERDENOMINATIONAL BOYS' 

BROTHERHOOD FOR CHURCHES AND OTHER 

RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS. 



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DAVID H. JEMISON, 

222 Fourth Ave., West, Cincinnati, Ohio, U. S. A. 




COPYRIGHT, 1911, 
DAVID HERBERT JEMISON. 



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CONTENTS. 

Foreword, ----vii 

A Study of the Boy, --..-... i 

The Gang Around the Corner, 5 

The Spirit of True Brotherhood, 8 

The Use of Fraternal Secrets, 10 

Social Protection and Church Socials, - - - - 16 

The Big Boy in the Sunday School, - - - - 18 

The Young People's Societies, - - - - - -21 

What It Means to Church and State, - - - - 24 

Y. M. C. A., City, County, and College Work, - - 28 

Cotemporary Organizations, A Comparison, ' - - 30 

Some Facts About the Kappa Sigma Pi, - - - - 36 

General Constitution, 42 

Outline of Degrees, ------__ 44 

The Central Office, - - -- - - - - 46 

The First General or Grand Council, - - - - 48 

District Chaplains, - - - -'- - - - 51 

Sustaining Members, --- 53 

Camp-meeting and Chautauqua Boys' Work, - - - 54 

Club Houses and Cottages, - 60 

Our Missionary Plan, - - 61 

Correspondence Course for Chaplains, - - - - 62 

Uncle Dave's Letters to the Boys, - - - _ 64 

General Non-secret Signs, - - 66 

Campaign for Gathering and Organizing the Boys, - 67 

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vi CONTENTS 

Uniforms: Purpose and Regulations, - - - - 70 

The Charter, - -- - - - ^ - - 75 

The Club Business and Blank Forms, _ _ _ 77 

Scribe and Purser's Record Books, - - - - 78 

The Local Chapter, --_.___ gi 

Steps to Organize, -.-----. 83 

The Local Constitution, ---___ 35 

The Boys Under Ten, ----_._ 87 

Notes on By-Laws, -------- 88 

The Office of Chaplain, 90 

Installation Ceremony, - 91 

Ideal Arrangement of Room, 98 

Opening and Other Ceremonies,- - _ _ _ 99 

The Rituals, - .--.____ io4 

Local Plans and Activities: Winter Season, - - 107 
Parliamentary Rules, - - - - - - -111 

Bible Study: Outline of the Life of St. Paul, - 113 

Optional Tests for Promotion to Higher Degrees, - 119 

Out-Door Work: Scouting, Camping, etc., - - - 124 

Helping Organize Chapter for Others, - - - 132 

Co-operating Organizations, ------ 134 

The Pi Sigma, or Palxine Sisters, - _ _ _ 135 

The Senior Brotherhood, ---_._ 137 

List of Supplies, With Prices, ----- 139 

Notes and Books, - -- 159 

Bible Study Helps, 161 

Books for Workers with Boys, ----- 161 

Books for Boys, - 164 

List of Illustrations, ------- 175 



FOREWORD. 

Since the publication of the first Manual, in 1909 
the order has developed beyond our fondest dreams. 
Up to that time we had no dreams at all, and were sur- 
prised that any one outside of our community wanted, 
our particular kind of a boys' club. 

We offer this Manual, which gives a brief study of 
the Boy Problem and our solution of it, to a religious 
world which at this time seems to be thoroughly awak- 
ened to the need of the special attention that the 
Church should give the boy for the very salvation of 
the Church herself. 

This Manual has been prepared in the midst of 
heavy pastoral duties and is subject to many errors, 
which we shall gladly correct when brought to our at- 
tention. Topics and questions not discussed herein 
may be secured by referring to our book list. 

Some things may seem radical, but the facts and 
the needs demand it. We do not expect you to agree 
with everything at first, but if you study the problem 
a little more, you will likely come into our neighbor- 
hood if you do not come exactly to our point of view. 

If you believe in our plan tell others about It and 
push the good thing along for the sake of the boys. If 
there is something about it that you do not like, write 
us how to improve It. 

Very cordially, your fellow-worker, Interested in the 
boys, the Church, and the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, 

David H. Jemison. 
Cincinnati, October, 1911. 

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A STUDY OF THE BOY. 

If you want to help the boy you must understand 
him. You can not understand him unless you make 
up your mind to study him and his needs. If he is 
worth saving to noble manhood and useful life, he will 
be a most interesting study for your effort. 

Most authorities divide a boy's life into three periods, 
such as infancy, childhood, and adolescence. 

The first five or six years of infancy is mostly phys- 
ical in its development, with instinct in control, and 
memory not yet making her records, but laying the 
foundation for the next period of childhood when the 
will begins to assert itself and habits become more fixed, 
and for another five or six years the higher rather than 
the animal instincts develop. Now the emotions, the 
memory, and self-consciousness assert themselves. 

Boyhood is the time for habits to be formed, but the 
next period, which we call adolescence, is the time for 
forming ideals. 

Adolescence begins with the physical change in the 
boy in the approaching puberty and ends in fully de- 
veloped manhood. Begins somewhere between eleven 
and fifteen and ends at twenty to twenty-two years of 
age. 

The brain' stops growing and the large arteries in- 
crease one-third, the temperature rises slightly, the 
reproductive organs have functioned, the voice changes, 
deepening and, sometimes, with an uncontrollable jump 

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to falsetto, he outgrows instead of wears out his clothes, 
wants to sleep late in the morning, becomes emotional 
and reticent. Rag-time songs and slang words have a 
peculiar charm to him, is apt to have his first and several 
love cases, and demands constant entertainment. 

At this critical age in the boy's life, when he needs 
the closest fellowship and guidance of parents and 
teachers, he gets the least. Mother forgets to caress 
her boy as she did. He is so awkward, queer, and noisy, 
his muddy feet soils the parlor carpet, he turns the house 
upside down and teases the girls into tears, so it is a 
relief when he is out at play or in bed asleep. If any- 
body has to sleep in the attic or the barn it is this big 
boy. If any class in the Sunda}^ school is without a 
teacher, it is this big boy's class. If any misdemeanor 
is reported in the neighborhood, it was the boys who did 
it. Is it strange that so many boys live up to what is 
expected of them? 

The apparent independence and self-sufficiency of 
the boy at this period causes the parent to cease caress- 
ing or trying to amuse him. But this independence is 
largely a bluff. He is reticent about himself, but he 
hungers for fellowship. If he does not find it at home, 
he is sure to take his confidences to the gang he runs 
with around the corner. 

Now is the time for the father, the minister, and the 
Sunday school teacher to be his hero. He is a hero 
worshiper, and will surely bow at some shrine. The 
suppressive method of treatment is homicide and in- 
sanity. The quantity of "do n'ts" given ought to be in 
homeopathic doses, but full 3x strength if given at all. 
The do n't should have some good reason for saying 
it which is apparent even to a boy. The better way is to 



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help plan work and play for the boy that will give vent 
to his pent-up energy and exuberant spirit. 

You have a right to be alarmed if the boy is not 
conducting himself at this period in a natural way. He 
will probably die young, like the little boy in the Sunday 
school library book of a generation ago who never did 
anything bad, but fell sick and died religiously correct. 
Most boys would rather be like the bad boy of the story 
and go to jail, if necessary, to have a little fun and ex- 
citement, and grow up to be a man. 

The normal boy at this age is constructive in his 
instincts. If he is suppressed or neglected this instinct 
is likely to become destructive, and Halloween, when 
mischief-making spirits are in control, does not come 
often enough for him. Lancaster says, "The pedagogy 
of adolescence may be summed up in one sentence, 
inspire enthusiastic activity." 

Each boy must be studied individually to truly un- 
derstand and help him. You must know his heme life, 
inherited qualities and weaknesses of flesh and mind, 
his associations in school, shop, games, and where he 
spends his spare time. 

Boys of the same family may be very much different 
in temperament and character. Love will find a way to 
learn the needs of each boy and realize that life has no 
greater responsibilities nor opportunities than to help 
guide a boy into a useful and successful manhood. 




HOMER C. SELBY, Grand Chancellor. 

Mr. Selby, who is a prominent business man of his city — mem- 
ber of the firm of The Selby Shoe Company — is also interested in 
Church work, and especially in saving the boys. 

At the request of the Ministerial Association of Portsmouth he 
took the Chaplaincy of a Central Union Chapter, especially designed 
to conserve the results of the Billy Sunday revival among the High 
School boys. Mr. Selby was the right man for the place, and has 
been worthily honored with the Grand Chancellorship by the 
General Council. 



THE GANG AROUND THE CORNER. 

The most dangerous condition that can exist is for 
the boys without Christian adult leadership to "gang" 
together, as they are sure to do if neglected. 

It is perfectly natural for the boys to organize, so- 
cially, in some way. It may be in the most primitive 
form of common consent to one of their number being 
chief to lead them in their adventures, to more modern 
organizations for their athletics, games, and various 
social enterprises sometimes dissipating, and even, in 
some cases, immoral and criminal. 

There is a certain gang spirit that controls them 

'like a mob of excited men, in which the group of boys 

will banter one another and do things that no one of 

them would think of doing for a moment if left to decide 

by himself. 

There is potentiality in a gang, for good or bad, ac- 
cording as it is directed. It will go wrong if it is not 
guided right. Rarely is there a boy found who would 
not rather do right than wrong if he is shown a place to 
take hold of the right thing you want him to do. 

If you can not get rid of unpleasant memories of what 
you did in the old gang or what the bad boys are doing to 
disturb your peace these later days, remember that we 
can offset every one of your depreciating stories with 
true cases of the gangs that have been guided to do the 
finest heroic stunts imaginable when some minister or 
Sunday school teacher joined the gang and organized 
them into a chapter of Knights. 



CHAPTER No. 54, PRAIRIE CITY, IOWA. 

From a gang of ten boys which had the name of being "the 
terror of the town" grew this fine organization of strong, clean, 
manly fellows that is now recognized as the very best class in the 
Sunday School, and an honor to the town in which they live. 
When they spoke of starting the Kappa Sigma Pi they were op- 
posed by many "old grannies" and several "narrow minded" mem- 
bers of the Church. But in the face of all the opposition, and in 
spite of the handicap of being a woman (which always adds to the 
difficulty of getting into the lives of big boys). Miss Josephine 
Offill, the Chaplain, has succeeded in leading the boys to a decided 
success in their Kappa Sigma PI organization. The boys are very 
enthusiastic in their work, and of course all the younger boys are 
stretching every nerve in their anxiety to get into the work. 



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SPIRIT OF TRUE BROTHERHOOD. 

Although the Church is the mother of civilization 
and the basis of all good works, yet there is scarcely an 
organization in America that calls itself a brotherhood 
that does not have a better interpretation of that term 
than the Church of Jesus Christ. 

Suppose a labor union like the Brotherhood of Loco- 
motive Firemen or Engineers should have one of their 
members discharged unjustly, would they not insist 
on his being treated fairly, and insist, if need be, by all 
of them refusing to run their engines until the case was 
settled? If sickness or trouble comes to his home, is he 
not cared for in all his interests in a definite and prac- 
tical way? 

The Church members have the heart to do all these 
things, but have largely expressed them in building 
institutions of charity, or in spasmodic, sentimental 
giving, but Church membership implies no protection 
and has no personal advantage like the fraternal organ- 
izations. 

Fraternal Insurance has not been successful enough for 
the Church to undertake giving stipulated weekly bene- 
fits, but membership in the Church ought to mean 
something more like what it meant in the days of the 
apostles and in the pioneer days of the Church in this 
new land when the class leaders and officers of the 
Church looked after the needy of the congregation, and 
although they were sometimes persecuted for joining. 
It meant something to be a member. 



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When you say that the State now provides for the 
poor and dependents and it is too great a burden on the 
Church, I reply that the worthy members of our Churches 
are not in the class that generally have to go to State 
institutions, but if the case should be one such, we ought 
to see that there is no neglect of a helpless brother. 
Besides, no public institution, even run by the Church, 
can take the place of personal brotherly sympathy and 
co-operation. 

We consider this the highest type of Christian life 
and service. If Jesus could afford to use so much time 
and strength to relieve the physical suffering and trouble 
about him, and the apostles could go out and "do even 
greater things in His Name," the Church of to-day 
can afford to practice more of this in a practical way 
for the saving of our men and boys. 

In endeavoring to meet the new conditions in some 
fields the Churches have endeavored to stem the tide 
and attract the men and boys by so-called institutional 
features, but no building or material equipment can 
substitute the spirit of Christian Brotherhood. 

The unchurched multitude is attracted and held by 
it as by nothing else. We believe in using the institu- 
tional features where practical, but nothing will take 
the place of the Gospel of Christ, especially when it is 
shown in the brotherly interest of Christians in the 
welfare of their neighbors and their care of one another 
in times of real need. 

If the Senior Brotherhoods are indifferent to this 
appeal the boys growing up in this Junior Brother- 
hood will greatly strengthen the Church in this respect 
in the coming generation. 



THE USE OF FRATERNAL SECRETS. 

In the introduction of our plan sometimes there is 
opposition or suspicion because of its secret nature. A 
better understanding always dispels this prejudice, for 
there is nothing done in the dark. There is absolutely 
nothing said or done that is even suggestive of evil or 
shame. Everything is clean and Scriptural, but part of 
its charm and impressiveness would be lost if it was 
not treated confidentially among the members. 

Our order is not in the same class with secular lodges 
and school fraternities. We recognize their strength 
and hold on the lives of men and boys generally for good, 
but sometimes for evil. 

We do not oppose them. Consecrated Christians 
who belong to them are the first to see the value of our 
organization. Ours is carefully safeguarded against 
non-Christian and immoral leadership, since we do not 
issue a charter or send our rituals to any person or in- 
stitution except those that are distinctly Christian and 
evangelistic in their spirit. 

We reserve the right to withdraw the privilege and 
disband any chapter not holding up the standard. No' 
such action has ever been necessary, for it takes a re- 
ligious man or woman to be willing to lead the boys. 

For those w^ho are deep-seated in their prejudice 
against the confidential plan it w^ill be helpful for such to 
consider some of the following facts of Scripture and 
history. A study of the question will prove that it is 

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not inconsistent with the practice of the Apostolic and 
the Early Church. 

Jesus had confidences with His disciples that the 
multitude would not or could not understand nor appre- 
ciate. While His preaching and service was to and for 
the whole world, the plans of His work and the deeper 
things of the Kingdom were told only to His followers 
in the upper chambers of the houses. Matt. 13:36; Mark 
14: 15; Acts 1:13. 

The fraternal spirit of caring for one another was 
carried to the extreme at first in the Apostolic Church 
when they elected deacons and had all things in common. 
They gave up this extreme position later, but not until 
the Dark Ages did they cease to provide for their needy 
in a direct and personal w^ay somewhat after the plan of 
the modern fraternities. For about three centuries dur- 
ing the persecutions by the Jews and Romans the meet- 
ings of the Christians were carried on in the inner or 
upper rooms of the homes in a secret way, and secret 
signs and passwords were commonly used, as is evi- 
denced on the walls of the catacombs of Rome and 
other ruins of that age. These signs the writer has seen 
with his own eyes. The official reports to the emperors 
repeatedly refer to the secret nature of the Christians 
meetings and accused them of being cannibalistic be- 
cause the pagans mistook the nature of the Lord's 
Supper, the celebration of which spies had managed to 
overhear. (Hurst's Hist, of Chr. Ch. p. 164-7.) It 
is reasonable to believe that the Christian Church would 
have perished from the earth had they depended on 
taking the pagans into their confidence. 

When Church and State were united under Con- 
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desired was really the undoing of the spiritual power of 
the Church. In time pride and ecclesiastic power pre- 
dominated and the world sank into the darkness and 
superstitions of the medieval ages. Out of which the 
fraternal spirit was revived in the fraternal orders of 
Friars, Jesuits, etc., while in modern times the Church 
has left largely to the secular and semi-religious lodges. 
The gospel, itself, has its mysterious character, 
and, to the unbeliev^ing world, is foolishness. The bock 
of Colossians is a book on the hidden life in Christ, and 
"mystery" is the key word. See Col. 4:3. 

LODGES. 

People who are really interested In the Church and 
believe that it is the most important organization in 
the world, ought to consider the fact that the lodges 
of this country alone report over eight million members, 
and are growing daily with great rapidity. It is a safe 
estimate to say that^ over five million men are making 
their lodge a substitute for the Church, in spite of the 
fact that in the nature of the case it can not be so sub- 
stituted without danger to society and the individual. 

The lodges do a great deal of good in lifting up a 
certain moral ideal and in charitable work among their 
membership. We would not belittle their work. We 
would learn from them w^hat the Church ought to do, and 
must do in a measure or lose its power. 

But the Church Is the mother of civilization upon 
which the lodge and every other organization of merit 
depends. Masons, Odd Fellows, and others do not 
go to the frontiers of civilization or to pagan lands to 
lift up the people — they wait until the missionaries sent 



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by the Church have been there long enough to teach the 
people the Christian life and the value of an obligation. 
Like the mistletoe on the oak, the lodge is a parasite, 
sometimes a beautiful one, on the Church of Jesus 
Christ. 

Repeatedly ministers and religious workers have told 
me that they joined the fraternal orders so as to interest 
the men in the life of the Church. That is a very com- 
mendable purpose, coupled with the desire to be a loyal 
member of the organization itself. That this plan works 
in a measure we can not deny, but we do assert that 
our observation is that men who are more interested 
in the lodge than the Church have used the name and 
influence of such ministers to get men to join the lodge 
and cause them to neglect the Church, in fearfully 
greater numbers than the minister has ever brought 
into the Church through the lodge. 

The question is asked, Will you not teach the boys 
to join the lodges? Yes, that is possible in some cases, 
but lodges will not do injury to the boy who is tied up 
to the Church and consecrated to the Christian service 
before he joins the lodge, and the general tendency is to 
satisfy the social demands so that the young man does 
not care for the lodge. 

There may be plenty of room in the land for lodges 
which will help many that the Church does not reach, 
but our protest is against the Church refusing or neg- 
lecting to provide for the demand that grows naturally 
out of the social and fraternal instincts, and driving 
our young men to the lodges when the Church is better 
able to supply the demand than any secular organiza- 
tion can possibly be. 



CHAPTER No. 84, NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS. 

Like many another pastor has written, Rev. J. F. PhilHps, 
the pastor who is at the head of this chapter, wrote to the Grand 
Chaplain: " I have been wanting to organize a Boys' Club and was 
not satisfied with any of the other organizations. You have a good 
thing. We have decided to organize a Chapter." 

At the time of the public installation of the officers one of the 
prominent newspapers of the city came out with a splendid write- 
up with heading in large type, naming all the officers and the object 
of the organization. 

This is a fine "bunch of boys" who will one day come to the 
front in church, town, and state affairs. 



SOCIAL PROTECTION. 

Have you ever thought how difficult it is for the 
average boy to lead a clean Christian life? He is at a 
constant disadvantage, for the majority of the boys 
with whom he associates are generally not Christians, and 
all the temptations of social evils are forever besetting 
him. 

While he may be with kindred spirits on Sunday in 
the services of the Church, the balance of the week, in 
the school, business, athletic, fraternal, and social circle, 
he must fight against the tide in almost every case. 

Can the Church expect to have thirty minutes in 
the study of the Sunday school lesson, or an hour or 
two in the services on Sunday, counteract all the influ- 
ences of the week? Unfortunately, the boy's home in 
so many cases is neutral if not negative in its influence. 

In one of the Ohio cities, following the great Billy 
Sunday revival, the high school boys who had professed 
conversion and declared their purpose to abstain from 
card and dancing parties, were made the object of ridi- 
cule by other boys and girls of the school. The tables 
were turned completely when they organized a chapter 
of the Kappa Sigma Pi, and social leadership as well as 
religious leadership was centered in the club; the out- 
come is the elevating of their social functions, and per- 
sonal work continued for the saving of the boys and 
building up the Churches. This experience has been re- 
peated over and over. It works. 



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BANQUETS AND CHURCH SOCIALS. 

People who are so alarmed at the degeneration of 
the Church for having suppers in the church should be 
reminded that for 150 years after Christ, as in His day, 
the religious services always ended with a supper, a 
substantial repast, which was in turn closed with the 
formal sacrament of bread and wine. We do not advise 
suppers as the ideal or economical financial plan, but they 
were and are an important social and religious feature 
that wise leaders will not ignore. 

If the Church does not take care of its young folks 
socially, it is vain and inconsistent to demand that they 
shall not go elsewhere. Too many Brotherhoods are 
satisfied with a banquet and speech, when it should be 
an occasion of great opportunity for invitation and 
personal work among strangers and those otherwise 
indifferent or uninterested. 



The Church has been saving furniture and feelings 
for a long time, and it will be well if we get busy in saving 
boys and men, and encourage and help the women. 
What is the loss of a few broken chairs and windows 
compared to the loss of boys and manly power in the 
Church? 



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THE BIG BOY IN THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. 

Let nothing herein be construed to reflect on the 
value and importance of the Sunday school, but as It 
relates to the boy problem we must confess that there 
is room for Improvement. If any business house would 
let seventy-five per cent of Its customers get away after 
beginning to do business with It, that Is if It could 
hold but twenty-five per cent as regular customers, 
there would be an investigation on the part of the stock- 
holders as to character or methods of the management. 
Yet the Sunday school authorities have to confess that 
three-fourths of the boys passing thru the primary 
departments drop out of Sunday school in their teens — 
in the adolescent period, when habits and character 
are rapidly becoming fixed. Boys drop out of the higher 
classes of high school on account of need of employment, 
but this does not often apply to the Sunday school. 

If there is only one class in the school without a 
regular teacher, which the assistant or the pastor must 
substitute, or a new one every few weeks. It is the big 
boys' class, of course. Boys are noisy, unruly creatures, 
generally, because they are expected to be and they do 
not mean to disappoint folks. If they. are not directed 
and occupied in other directions, they are sure to get 
Into mischief. " • 

The average big boy possesses a tremendous amount 
of energy, and as sure as he lives, he will use it some- 
where very quickly. If the Church does not use it 
Satan is very likely to get his services. Now, the 

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average Sunday School has nothing for the big boy to 
do and the boy soon goes where there is something to 
do, so he leaves the Sunday School for the want of em- 
ployment. In some schools the boys are asked to do 
little girl's work, and the chief reason why we have not 
won big boys is because we have effeminized Jesus and 
his work. The Kappa Sigma Pi furnishes the work, 
the heroic teaching, and the example. 

It is enough to make a superintendent weep, to see 
the boys going away into sin, " because some man (or 
woman) will not come to the front and tackle the hardest 
and most profitable position in the whole list of teachers. 
A teacher of the boys' class can not stand on a pedestal 
and telegraph the lesson down to them successfully. He 
must find their plane and live on it with them. They 
will follow him at close range, but not at a distance. 
There are many classes and club forms of organizations 
from which he can choose, but if he wants the best that 
goes to the heart of the problem and makes it easiest 
and surest to lead his boys into the Christian life and 
Church, he will need this one. 

A teacher who meets his boys once only for a few 
minutes on Sunday can not expect to have any great 
influence over the boy when on the other days of the week 
his social pleasures and associations may be pulling him 
down and out. Our order, with its ceremonies, games, 
activities, and vows, stays in his mind or meets him at 
every danger point, and the Sunday school gets a fair 
consideration with him. 




Prof. Homer Rodeheaver, 

National Organizer, 

Chicago. 



As the leader of song in the 
wonderful meetings conducted by 
Rev. W. A. Sunday, Mr. Homer 
Rodeheaver has become famous. 
At each of these meetings he organ- 
izes a chapter of the Kappa Sigma 
Pi. It serves to conserve the in- 
terests of the meeting among the 
big boys and leads them into the 
Church. 



During his life as a public school 
teacher, as Secretary of a County 
Sunday School Association, and as 
Field Worker for the State Sunday 
School Associations of Ohio and 
Indiana, Mr. Goller has made the 
"Boy Problem" a diligent study. 
Thus he comes to the Central Ofhce 
well prepared to be a real assistant 
to the Grand Chaplain. 




Edward D. Goller, 

Deputy Grand Chaplain, 

Of the Central Office. 



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FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S SOCIETIES. 

The revival of interests along many lines of religious 
and Church work is undoubtedly due to the interest in 
and training of our young people in their Church so- 
cieties. But even here the chief weakness, when weak- 
ness is found, is, that there is, like the Church proper, a 
dearth of boys and young men. Much of the work and 
responsibility has fallen on the young ladies that ought 
to be carried by the young men. 

In several cases coming to our attention the young 
people's society is in the hands of older ladies, with a 
few men as nominal members. 

The line of least resistance is followed in getting 
members, so the careless and mischievous boys are con- 
sidered hopeless and ignored. Most societies need 
rich, red, masculine blood to renew their youth and 
enthusiasm of early years, when it was easy to enroll 
members and hold great meetings and conventions. 

We are meeting this difficulty by pledging our boys 
to help and belong to their local young people's society, 
if any exists, before they are promoted to the Second 
Degree. We can produce abundant testimony that It 
is helping to revive many struggling societies and mak- 
ing young men leaders for them. The Kappa Sigma Pi 
is not a rival but a partner to the young people's socie- 
ties. Some officers of young people's societies organize 
it as a department of their work and make it a feeder to 
their work. It is a great opportunity. 



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CHAPTER No. 62, LOVINGTON, ILLINOIS. 

The Chaplain, Dr. H. S. Alsip, in one of his letters said : "The 
Kappa Sigma Pi is the thing and no mistake. I think it is fine, and 
best of all, it is taking with the boys. I believe I have found in 
your Kappa Sigma Pi what I have been looking for for years. Our 
chapter is moving along in good shape, and so far has proved its 
merit in holding the boys to the Sunday School." 

Dr. Alsip has contributed some valuable suggestions for the im- 
provement of the Order. All our Chaplains are invited to do so, 
but not to change the ritualistic work, nor any radical changes to 
affect the General Order, without consulting the Grand Chaplain. 



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WHAT IT WILL MEAN TO CHURCH AND STATE. 

About seventy-five per cent of our Church members 
are women. The fault is not in the character and teach- 
ing of Jesus Christ. While the good women have, from 
the beginning, had their important part in the Church, 
and the elevation of women to their present social 
position is due to the Church of Jesus Christ, yet Jesus 
Himself was a man. His Apostles were men. He, nor 
His apostles, never shoved their duties off for the women 
to do in the Church work. The Ladies' Aid Society is 
modern. 

When the special efforts of such movements and 
organizations as ours shall have borne fruit in due time, 
we will find that it has not been detrimental to the in- 
terest of the women in the Church, but shall, indeed, 
solve some very perplexing problems. 

The real enemies of the nation are within, not without. 
Unscrupulous politicians taking the advantage of the 
ignorance and dependence of the foreigners that come 
to our shores and the indifference of those natives who 
for personal profit or ease have no care for the public 
welfare, makes the problem of government a serious one. 
Our response to this great need is the raising up of a 
generation of well-trained young men in Christian citi- 
zenship. The Church must do her part in this or suffer 
the consequence. Intelligent, conscientious voters are 
needed. 

The great need for money to carry on the various 
enterprises of the Church is always a problem. Suppose 

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we see from our efforts the number of men increase until 
there are as many as women at this time. It will mean a 
fifty per cent increase in membership, and many times 
as much money, for the men generally carry the pocket- 
book; and the woman will not have to ask her husband 
for money for the Church and get it because he loves 
her, but the man will give more freely beacuse he loves 
Jesus Christ and is interested in the cause. 

Think what it means to the girls. If you are not 
particularly interested in the Boy Problem because your 
"boys are all girls," please consider this fact: Should 
every Christian boy marry a Christian girl, your daughter 
would have but one chance in three to marry a Christian, 
but since some Christian young men marry outside the 
Church, your Christian daughter has but one chance in 
four or five to get a husband that is a Christian. The 
same thing is practically true about getting a Christian 
for an employer. 

Under Almighty God the Church is responsible for 
making these conditions better, and we are without ex- 
cuse if we do not apply ourselves to it. 

We have been putting the gospel up in feminine 
packages and following the line of least resistance in our 
Church work. It is time to put the emphasis on the 
manly character of Christ and His gospel. He could take 
a whip and drive out the hypocrites from the temple 
who had no concern for the religious needs and moral 
welfare of the people in that day, and it is about time 
something heroic is done in the Churches of to-da3\ 



K. S. P. PICNIC. CHAPTERS 29 AXD 30, 

TOLEDO. OHIO. 

Within less than two months after the great Billy Sunday 
Revival, when Homer Rodeheaver introduced the Kappa Sigma Pi 
to the Toledo people, three chapters were in working order and 
plans made for several others. The camping spirit manifested itself 
at once so strongly that the boys could not wait to go camping in 
the usual way, so an outing was planned in a real nature spot at 
Ottawa Park, near the city. Since it was a working day less than 
half of the members were present, but the ball game, contests, and 
picnic dinner were greatly enjoyed by all. 

A wonderful work is being done, by one of the chapters, among 
the high school bo^'s. 



Several chapters are conducted by Young Men's Christian Asso- 
ciations, especially for boys of the high school age, but it is not 
advisable to call them high school chapters, for fear of creating 
prejudice and misapprehension. 



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FOR THE Y. M. C. A. 

(City Work.) 

The Young Men's Christian Association is in a po- 
sition to greatly profit by the Kappa Sigma Pi, in 
connection with their boys' work. It can be run simply 
as a supplement to the building privileges and other 
usual work of the department, and is used to make the 
results more definite in the way of personal evangelism. 

The secretary of the boys' department of a Young 
Men's Christian Association, or a Christian young man 
appointed by the general secretary where there is no 
boys' department to take the place of chaplain, can get 
such a hold on the boys of the community as is scarcely 
known by other methods. Not only does it attract boys 
to the association by working through school classes and 
social groups, but it acts most effectually in leading the 
boys to enter the Christian life and service. 

The Y. M. C. A. logically becomes a central chapter 
in the city and gives the order to interested Churches and 
Sunday schools by installing the work for them, and in 
time becomes a center of boy life and influence for the 
whole city. 

Members of the Y. M. C. A. chapter are ex-officio 
members in such chapters as are installed in the Churches 
to which they may belong, and when the system is com- 
plete the Y. M. C. A. chapter may become augmented 
by delegates elected by the chapters of the city for the 
city council to plan and execute in the interest of the order 
in that city. 

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(County Work.) 

Many of the difficulties and lack of Interest on the 
part of the Christian people and some boys may be over- 
come when the county secretary and executive com- 
mittee introduces the chapters of the Kappa Sigma Pi 
in the various communities of the county and make It 
the general plan and basis of operation. This method, 
combined with the oversight of the county secretary as 
a trained worker to encourage and train others In this 
work, Is surely Ideal and we hope to see the day when It 
will be universally adopted. 



(School Work.) 

We do not Issue a charter to public schools or colleges 
as such, but the Y. M. C. A. department can use this 
plan very effectively to overcome the sometimes detri- 
mental influence of school fraternities which are without 
adult or Christian leadership, yet appeal to the same 
instinct that draws so many boys Into those orders. This 
supplies the social demand In the way that pleases and 
puts them under positive Christian influence. The 
difference between the two Is that of a fiddle played at 
a dance in olden times, which was supposed to have a devil 
in It, and a violin played In the Sunday school orchestra 
to-day to the glory of God. 

It all depends on the purposes and spirit of the or- 
ganization, and we ought not to judge any of them 
without knowledge, for that is prejudice. In States 
where school fraternities have been outlawed, there is 
no application of that law to our order, for we have no 
secrets that the parents and authorities can not know. 



COTEMPORARY ORGANIZATIONS. 

We have the greatest sympathy and fraternal feehng 
for all the movements and organizations for uplifting 
the boy, and are not conceited enough to imagine that 
we possess the whole secret of success hidden from others, 
but we have deep convictions as to our principles and 
methods and court comparison with all others. When 
we find better ways and means we will change or quietly 
retire from the field. 

We believe that while many movements are boosting 
the boy in the right direction, and are, therefore, com- 
mendable, we call no boy saved who is not definitely com- 
mitted to and trained in the service of a personal Christ. 
To this end we bend all our energy, and have chosen 
the logical and natural means, viz: A historical, Bibli- 
cal, New Testament, strong, manly character, whose 
life is explained and heroic experiences grow out of his 
personal relation to the Christ. He was a sinner, but 
when brought face to face with Christ was not dis- 
obedient unto the heavenly vision. 

There is no character to equal Paul for this purpose. 

Why Not Knights of Jesus? 

Some have suggested that there ought to be an order 
based on the character of our Lord, but there are several 
reasons for not doing so. 

1. In our ceremonies we haye approached as near 
as possible without sacrilege. Who could act the part 

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of Jesus without degrading His character in the minds 
of the boys? The purpose of our work forbids the use 
of a "Passion Play." 

2. Paul is the most practical character possible for 
our purpose, as a little study and comparison will clearly 
show. 

No apostle or character of Scripture or history will 
compare with the heroic, striking character of Paul. 
Boys' organizations, no matter how well supported and 
pushed by older organizations, can possibly be the value 
of ours to Christian workers. 

The Boys' Brigade and Boy Scouts are doing a fine 
work in reaching and helping the boys in large numbers 
in many places. 

The Boy Scout movement is related to the problem in 
the same class as a library or public school. Designed 
to make better morals and citizenship. The Kappa Sigma 
Pi aims not only at these, but further, to make every 
boy a citizen of the Kingdom of Christ. We use the 
scouting work freely, as needed, but incidentally. The 
boys like it for a season, but return to the initiations 
and fraternal work with new relish when they can have 
their regular meetings again. 

The Knights of King Arthur^ founded in 1892 by the 
Rev. Wm. Byron Forbush, is probably the largest inter- 
denominational organization for boys, now in 1911. 

It has three degrees: Pages, Esquires, and Knights, 
and the work is based on the legend of Tennyson, as is 
the next order mentioned. 

Address Rev. Frank L. Masseck, Potsdam, N. Y. 

The Knights of the Holy Grail, founded in 1900 by 
Rev. Perry Edwards Powell, at Tipton, Indiana. There 
,are three degrees: Pages, Esquires, and Knights. The 



32 BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 

motto is, "Confession, Chastity, and Charity." The 
handbook, with the plan, initiation, ceremonies, etc., 
complete for 75 cents. Address the founder, now at 
Indianapolis. 

The Phi Alpha Pi is a religious fraternity, founded 
in 1903 by H. W. Gibson, Boston, Massachusetts, and 
the chapter affiliates with the Y. M. C. A. State Com- 
mittee. Altruism is emphasized and a true missionary 
spirit is encouraged. The motto is, "Help the Other 
Fellow." Address Mr. Gibson at 167 Tremont St., 
Boston. 

There are many smaller and denominational organ- 
izations. 

Knights of Methodism, 

There has been recently issued the plan and literature 
of the Methodist Commission on Boys' Work in which 
the degree work is based on the character of Daniel. 
The Knights of Methodism is divided into three separate 
orders: Princes, 9-12 years"; Victors, 13-16; Lion Hearted, 
17-20. Each order has separate officers and meetings, 
but joint meetings are provided, and each order has an 
adult "Seer" in charge. This new order has some strong 
features, but, like the orders based on a legend, it is weak 
in some of its construction. 



THE COMPARISON. 

There seems to be an assumption on the part of so 
many workers that boys are afraid of religion and many 
local boys' clubs, and some that have become general, 
belittle the cause of the Church and the character of 
the boy by lowering the standard required for his vow 
and conduct. 

Our experience teaches us that boys are responsive 
to religious teaching and leadership. Sacrifice and 
service appeal to them in youth more than in later life. 

The stated services and formal doctrines of the 
Church may not particularly appeal to them, but they 
will take interest in Bible story and teaching. There 
is no excuse for dropping down to games or legends for 
basis of religious teaching. Probably, in some ways, 
the Knights of Methodism approach most nearly to our 
standard, but it is not distinctly Christian, nor based 
upon the New Testament. 

To handle the problem of any community provision 
must be made for all ages of the boys and not for a single 
period. This means that the Methodist Knights must 
have their three orders, with three meetings and sets 
of officers. Our plan is superior in that the distinction 
of ages and moral development is recognized by degrees 
within one organization as inner circles, and in the regu- 
lar weekly meetings all the boys meet together. The 
special initiatory officers of our higher degrees can but 
need not be separate from regular officers. Higher de- 
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34 BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 

gree initiations can be conducted the same evening after 
dismissal of regular meeting. 

This simplifies the super\'ision of the work, and cur 
merit system and test for promotion is unequaled by any 
other order. 

The character of Daniel is an ideal character, evi- 
dently, in the mind of the sacred writer. Altho he may 
have been historical in fact, the account of his life makes 
him perfection and scarcely human. Xo fault was ever 
recorded against him from his childhood. He is fine 
for inspiring loyalty and courage, but is not in the same 
class with St. Paul to teach the doctrines of the gospel 
of Jesus Christ. Paul was a natural boy who made 
mistakes and got into trouble thru misguidance and 
fault of teachers. But he was a square, conscientious 
young man who wanted to live the right life. This led 
him to find the truth. The center of the teaching of 
the Kappa Sigma Pi is, that when Paul met Christ he 
was not disobedient unto his heavenly vision. This is 
our second degree initiation and instruction. Xo boy 
can pass it without understanding and committing his 
life to Christ. He is tested beyond a doubt. To this point 
the first degree points and logically leads. From this 
point the third degree naturally leads and completes 
the training for heroic ser^'ice. 

The Methodist Knights promises to be of great 
ser^'ice to their Church and has the support of strong 
men and organizations. 

Like other orders of its kind, it will give opportunity 
for fellowship and service for the boys, but in its con- 
struction and foundation it can only suft'er by comparison 
with ours in the judgment of the unprejudiced. 



TOO MANY DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. 

A few years ago the complaint was that nothing was 
being done for the boys. Now we hear only that there 
are too many organizations. We agree that this may 
become true in time if there is not some consolidations 
when the field is occupied. We stand ready to federate, 
consolidate, or make any arrangement to strengthen 
the work, but will never lower our standard or weaken 
our plan that has stood the test of difficult fields and 
severe criticism. 

Our plan provides for the affiliation with organized 
Sunday school classes and local Church boys' clubs 
without destroying their local name or activities. Let 
us unite for a great movement that will hasten the 
Kingdom of Christ and raise up a generation of strong 
Christian men. Here is my hand. 



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SOME FACTS ABOUT THE KAPPA SIGMA PI. 

1. — It was born of God, out of trying experiences, 
and earnest effort to save the boys of one community. 
It has had no special effort to promote it or advertise 
it until the present time, after it has gone to help solve 
other workers' problems in all corners of the world, by 
personal correspondence and accidental notice. 

2. — It is flexible and can be adjusted to meet the 
needs of any group of boys, from the Sunday School 
Class which meets once a month or weekly in the evening, 
to the great city churches and Y. M. C. A.'s, with club- 
rooms, complete equipment, and all the degrees. 

3. — There is no tax to support the general organiza- 
tion on the local chapter. The Central Office is sup- 
ported by the generosity of interested friends and by a 
small profit on the charter and supplies, which are sold 
to the chapters at prices less than they could secure 
them locally in such small quantities. The charter fee 
covers every necessary cost for the first degree, and the 
small fees and dues from the members easily pay all 
costs as your chapter grows and the work develops. 
The boys are worth some investment of time and money. 
If you do not think so with positive convictions on the 
subject, you had better drop the matter right here and 
now. (jive some wealthy friend a chance to help you 
equip the work later, if you want it on a larger scale. 

4 — The officers are not on salary. Secretarial force 
only is paid. You will see by the Constitution that 
it is democratic in its government. Copyrights on the 

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printed matter are held by the Grand Chaplain for the 
Order. 

5. — If our plan, which involves some confidential 
work, is ''wise as serpents," it is also "harmless as doves." 
(Matt. 10: 16.) Nothing is done in the dark for shame. 
Any worker or parent who wants to help save the boys 
can know all about it. It is kept from the curious and 
uninterested for the sake of the charm and power in 
such confidential fellowship. It is distinct from lodges 
and school fraternities, in that it is never without adult 
Christian supervision connected with the Christian 
Churches for definite evangelistic purposes. It is the 
old dance fiddle now a violin in the church orchestra. 

6. — The plan and work enters into the boy's life 
and stays with him all through the week or month, until 
it becomes the controlling element in his moral life. 
Besides the meetings and club affairs when the boys are 
together, when he meets a member on the street there 
is the badge, the salute, the grip, the cat call, and whistle, 
etc., all of which reminds him of his vow and principles. 

7. — The higher degrees are inner circles of the same 
organization and make no complications or increase 
labor for the Chaplain worthy of notice. It is easily 
worked out when you get to it. The rituals for the 
Second and Third Degrees explain things. The degree 
work is graded to meet the physical, social, and religious 
development of the boy. There is no gap left open for 
him to fall out. It ties him to the Sunday school, the 
Young People's Society, or the Y. M. C. A., and the 
Church. 

8. — Every group of boys on record wanted it eagerly 
when the opportunity was given them. The whole 
question of success is depending on the adult leader or 



38 BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 

chaplain. If he or she loves Christ and the boys well 
enough to give them a fair consideration and the work 
a little study, with our co-operation failure is impossible, 
for Heaven is full of saving power and God will bless 
every effort to save these boys to the service of Christ 
and the Church. 

9. — Our severest critics acknowledge that there is 
no other organization that strikes so near to the heart 
of the problem from the viewpoint of the Church or 
Christian worker. When one is prejudiced, but is 
shown the true nature of our order and told of the thou- 
sands of boys being saved, he usually falls back by saying 
that it depends on the worker, the Chaplain, after all. 
To this we all agree. There must be the man behind 
the gun, but this is the gun that shoots straight where 
pointed. 

10. — We do net know of any cotemporary order 
for boys either as well founded or constructed. We 
are ready to be shown a better plan. The Kappa Sigma 
Pi is unique, in that its work is based on the New 
Testament and the degree conditions and ceremonies 
are graded to meet the development of the physical, 
social, and spiritual boy and related to the Sunday 
school. Young People's Society, and Church Member- 
ship in a practical and definite way. 

IL — It is now solving the problem in many lands 
and under all manner of conditions from the wealthy 
family churches of the large cities, the city missions, 
towns, villages, and country churches, Y. M. C. A.'s, 
etc. 

12. — It takes a minimum amount of the adult 
worker's time, since the system and forms are worked 
out so perfectly that it is easy for boy officers to follow, 



KAPPA SIGMA PI 39 

leaving the more vital things to the Chaplain. Meetings 
in town and villages are usually once a week, but in 
country churches only once a month. The higher de- 
grees do not necessarily call for an extra evening, for 
they can meet after the regular club meeting and the 
younger boys are sent home. 

13. — The graded work or degrees do not divide the 
club into separate organizations. They are inner circles 
recognizing merit and moral development that satis- 
fies the natural instincts of growing boys, but all attend 
the regular meeting with common fellowship and in- 
terest. The degrees as incentive for promotion and the 
general association gives the real opportunity for per- 
sonal work by the Chaplain and the Christian boys. 
This is the heart of the plan. The boys become am- 
bitious for recognition and seek to qualify, opening the 
way themselves for religious consideration. 

14. — It is humiliating to note the large number of 
Church members who do not take communion. Kappa 
Sigma Pi boys are taught, pledged, and are found there 
sincerely in their places. Heroic devotion to the service 
of Christ and the Church is taught, pledged, and prac- 
ticed by the boys that have gone through this degree 
work. 

15. — It is a little strange that men and women 
whose professed purpose in life is the building up of the 
Church, do not see, or are so timid about facing this 
work when the character and strength of the future 
Church is depending upon it. We are convinced that 
there is nothing you can do in the same amount of time 
that will count so much for the salvation of this world 
and the building up of your local Church as taking up 
this work in earnest and with a determination to win, 



40 BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 

16. — Mothers, fathers, sisters, in almost every field 
in large numbers have been led into the Church that 
takes an interest in their boy. Many pastors are short- 
sighted about this. Fellowship with the boys give in- 
spiration and illustrations for sermons with meat and 
red blood in them. A fine way to push back the "dead 
line" of acceptable service. 

17. — We can quote from a multitude of letters from 
pastors, Y. M. C. A, and Sunday school workers ex- 
pressions of gratitude for a plan that had made light 
their burdens and brought victory out of defeat. But 
we do not want you to take it so as to keep up with 
some one else. It is better for you to get a vision of 
your opportunity and, like our hero, be not disobedient 
unto it. 




C. R. BARNHART, Grand Scribe, 
Ctrcleville, Ohio, U. S. A. 

Mr. Barnhart, for several years, was personally associated with 
the Grand Chaplain and the development of the local chapter at 
Circleville and the general work. 

He has been doing heroic service in the interest of the Order 
and is worthy of the position and honor conferred upon him by the 
Grand Council, electing him to the office of Grand Scribe. His 
duty involves issuing the charters and the auditing of the accounts 
of the Central Office. He is an expert accountant and very capable. 



41 



GENERAL CONSTITUTION. 



Adopted by the First General Counxil, held Au- 
gust 1 and 2, 1911, ox THE Campgrounds 
NEAR Lancaster, Ohio, U. S. A. 



ARTICLE I. 

Name : — The name of the organization shall be The Kappa Sigma Pi, 
or Modern Knights of St. Paul. 

ARTICLE II. 

Object: — The purpose of this order is that it shall be a Boys' Brother- 
hood of the Christian Churches and other Christian organizations 
in which the boys may be united in a fellowship defensive and of- 
fensive for Jesus Christ. Where they may be united in such a 
fraternal bond under Christian adult leadership and influences as 
will insure their moral safety and salvation to Christ and the 
Church. 

ARTICLE III. 

Inter-Denominational : — No denominational lines shall be recognized, 
except such denominations as shall desire to adopt the Kappa Sigma 
Pi as their official Boys' Brotherhood. In this case, such denomi- 
nations shall, thru their official representatives, have large control 
of the chapters within that denomination, having their own execu- 
tive officers, but all charters must be countersigned by the Grand 
Chaplain and all the supplies must be secured thru him or bear his 
official stamp. 

ARTICLE IV. 

Inter-National : — No geographical boundaries are recognized, except 
such district or national organizations as are established by the 
order or sanction of the Grand Chapter. The Grand Chaplain may 
appoint his representatives in special territory or group of chapters 
as Organizers or District Chaplains. 

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ARTICLE V. 

The Grand Council: — Or General Council for the directing and gov- 
erning of the Order shall consist of two houses or bodies voting 
separately, and the Grand Chaplain as chief executive with power 
to recommend, and veto on constitutional grounds or for the good 
of the Order. The House of Chaplains shall consist of the chaplain 
from each chapter ex-ofncio. The House of Delegates shall con- 
sist of one elected boy delegate from each chapter of 25 members 
or less, and an additional delegate for each additional 25 members 
or major portion of 25 of the same chapter. 

The Grand Chaplain shall preside but have no vote in the House of 
Chaplains. The Grand Chancellor shall preside but have no vote 
in the House of Delegates. Exception is made in case of tie vote. 
No action of the Council shall become effective and binding upon 
the Order until passed by a majority in both Houses and signed by 
the Grand Chaplg.in. A vetoed measure may be passed over the 
veto of the Grand Chaplain with a three-fourths majority in both 
houses. 
The Grand Council shall provide regulations and by-laws as needed. 

ARTICLE VI. 

The Grand Chapter: — As the Executive Committee in authority be- 
tween the sessions of the Grand Council, shall consist of the Grand 
Chaplain, Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Scribe, Purser, Constable, 
and Sentinel, who shall be elected as follows, at the General Coun- 
cil: 

The Grand Chaplain shall appoint a nominating committee which 
shall report at the same session, nominating at least two men for 
each office. The election shall be by ballot. Each chapter may 
have one vote thru its representative presenting a proxy, if regular 
Chaplain and delegates are not in attendance. Both houses vote as 
one in this election. 

These officers shall hold office for one year, or until their suc- 
cessors are elected. 

ARTICLE VII. 

Amendments : — This constitution may be amended by a three-fourths 
majority vote in each house, every chapter having been sent notice 
of the proposed amendment at least one month before the opening 
of the General Council, provided that no amendment shall ever tend 
toward the secularizing of the Order, or allow it to leave the con- 
trol of strictly evangelistic Christian men and Christian Churches 



OUTLINE OF DEGREES. 

The First Degree, or Order of Jerusalem. 

For boys aged 10 or more. Pledged to lead a right 
life, to avoid bad habits and associations, and to attend 
some Sunday school regularly. Recommended by the 
chaplain, and elected by the club, with a two-thirds 
majority. 

They study Paul's early life. Initiation covers this 
period, bringing out the Pauline virtues of industry, 
wisdom, and courage, and the so-called "goat" takes 
the candidate over the road to Jerusalem. 

Every act and word is significant, and based on 
Scripture. This is beneficial, even if no other degrees 
are ever taken. 

As characters develop with age and experience, 
the older and more advanced boys will want to group 
themselves in rank above the little fellows, and we 
have provided for this social and moral Instinct by the 
Inner circles, or higher degrees. 

Select a few choice leaders for the 

Second Degree, or Order of Damascus. 

For boys at least 13 years of age who have a good 
record in the first degree and who have pledged them- 
selves to confess Christ as their Savior on all reasonable 
occasions and ways; to be a member of some Young 
People's Society of the Church, or Bible training class 
of Y. M. C. A., or their equivalent, so as to develop In 
the Christian life. 

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Each one must be recommended by the chaplain, 
and elected by the order. Three black balls or negative 
votes rejects for one month. The chaplain may select 
the charter members. 

The Bible study and initiation centers around the 
conversion of Paul and the journey to Damascus. 

There is nothing more impressive and evangelistic 
imaginable than this work. A multitude of testimonies 
can be had to confirm this statement. 

In due time there will be a demand for the 

Third Degree, or Order of Rome. 

These boys of 16 years and over, recommended by 
the chaplain and unanimously elected by the order, 
after it is once installed, are the cream and leaders of 
the others. 

Pledged to attend as members of some evangelical 
Church of Christ; to be found sincerely and faithfully 
as partakers of the holy sacrament; to study the heroic 
services of Paul for Christ, and commit their lives to 
such service. They are the apostolic circle, and the 
initiation works out the trials and journey to Rome. 

Men high up in ranks of standard fraternities declare 
that there is nothing finer anywhere than this work, 
and when the boy has gone through these degrees he has 
not only committed himself to the cause of Christ, but 
he has been profoundly impressed and trained in His 
service. 



THE CEXTR.\L OFFICE. 

The office of the Grand Chaplain is located at Xo. 
222 Fourth Ave., West, Cincinnati, Ohio, U. S. A. The 
pro\'ision for this office was made by the General Coun- 
cil, and is to be managed and supported as follows: The 
Grand Chaplain, in consultation -with the Grand Chapter 
Officers, is the responsible head. Deputies and secre- 
taries are responsible to him. 

It is supported by the generosity of its friends and 
by the charter fees and sale of supplies. There is no 
tax upon the chapter to support the general manage- 
ment. The chapters are expected to bu\^ their supplies 
thru the Central Office, but the prices are less, generally, 
than the local printers could make for a small quantity, 
and the Central Office, by ha\ing plates and large quan- 
tities done at one time, can have a small profit. 

Funds donated by friends of the movement will be 
used to advertise, train workers for new and foreign 
fields, to encourage, strengthen, and extend the work, 
^len and women of means can not invest an3-where 
that will count for more in home, Church, and nation. 

All information and business is transacted thru the 
Central Office. Do not address deputies or secretaries 
unless referred to them. Address the Kappa Sigma Pi, 
or the Grand Chaplain of the Kappa Sigma Pi, 222 
Fourth Ave., West, Cincinnati, Ohio, U. S. A., and 
30ur letters will have prompt attention. 

Cable address: "Kappa." We use the Western 
Union code. 

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CONDENSED REPORT OF THE FIRST GENERAL 

COUNCIL. 

On account of the short notice and scattered loca- 
tion of the chapters the attendance was not large, but 
chaplains and boys from Ohio and nearby States made 
an earnest and representative body for doing the needed 
work of the convention. Greetings and memorials were 
received from all parts of the country and world. Rev. 
D. H. Jemison, the Grand Chaplain and Founder of the 
Order, presided in association with Mr. Homer C. Selby, 
the Grand Chancellor. Mr. E. D. GoUer, of Toledo, 
was made secretary pro tem to assist the Grand Scribe. 
Thru the courtesy of the management of the Lancaster 
Campground, we had buildings and entertainment 
convenient for our meetings on their beautiful grounds, 
thirty miles southeast of Columbus, Ohio. 

The first day was given to getting acquainted, telling 
experiences in the work, and informal discussion of the 
needs and proposed constitution. The two evenings 
were given to lectures and instruction on the degree 
work and religious spirit and methods. 

The report of the Grand Chapter Officers showed a 
gratifying condition and growth of the Order, and all 
felt that the time had come to begin to advertise and 
push the Order so that the whole Christian world may 
have the benefit of its consecrated spirit and aggressive 
methods for saving the boys. 

Provision was made for: Permanent Central Office, 
Deputy Grand Chaplain, or Secretary, on salary; Guar- 

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antee fund for support of Central Office; Publication of 
this Revised Manual; Sending copy to each present 
chaplain on approval at regular price; A St. Paul enter- 
tainment program and costumes, to be prepared by the 
Central Office and sent to Chapters on percentage to 
create and sustain fund for chaplains in foreign lands. 
Correspondence courses for chaplains and members of 
the Order; Sale of all supplies thru the Central Office; 
Improvement and increase of the charter outfit, and 
making the fee $5.00. The General and Local Consti- 
tutions, as found in this Manual, were adopted. The 
nominating Committee reported two full tickets from 
which the chaplains and delegates sitting together elected 
the following officers: 

Grand Chaplain: Rev. D. H. Jemlson, Cincinnati, 
Ohio. 

Grand Chancellor: Homer C. Selby, Portsmouth, 
Ohio. 

Vice Grand Chancellor: D. M. Donley, Coshoc- 
ton, Ohio. 

Grand Scribe.* C. R. Barnhart, Circleville, Ohio. 

Grand Purser: Samuel W. Dunlap, Circleville, Ohio. 

Grand Sentinel: Roy Wagner, Troy, Ohio. 

Grand Constable: Rev. J. R. Loughner, Moravia, 
Pa. 

The Executive Committee was asked to arrange the 
next meeting of the Council at Winona Lake, Indiana, 
if practical, in about one year from date. The Grand 
Chaplain announced a partial list of special and district 
chaplains. 




In one of his early letters Rev. 
J. E. K. Horn wrote: "I am anxious 

to fill the gap between the boy and 
the Church, as it is in my mind the 
question of the Church to-day." 
After he had organized a chapter in 
his Church he wrote: "It at once 
supplied what the boys wanted and 
needed." It will do the same thing 
in your Church with your boys. 



Rev. J. E. K. Horn, 

District Chaplain, 

Baltimore, Md. 

In 1909, Air. Alauterstock started 
a chapter of Kappa Sigma Pi with a 
small Sunday School class. Now 
his organization numbers sixty and 
is still growing. They have rented 
"and furnished a hall for their meet- 
ing place. Others outside the 
Church have become interested. A 
lady gave them a fine oil painting to 
decorate their room, and at the time 
of their last banquet the city news- 
paper came out with a very fine 
editorial commending Mr. Mauter- 
stock, not only as an active, con- 
sistent Christian and gentleman, 
but also as a most splendid citizen 
of the town. When Mr. Mauter- 
stock is asked to speak at a Sunday 
School convention he loads his 
biggest gun with Kappa Sigma Pi 
ammunition, prepared to bring down 
big game. Of course he succeeds. 

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R. L. Mauterstock, 

District Chaplain, 

Walton, N. Y. 



DISTRICT CHAPLAINS. 

The Grand Chaplain appoints, by authority of the 
Constitution, his representatives in special territory or 
groups of chapters. These are to look after the in- 
terests of the Order in their respective fields as they 
are instructed by the Grand Chaplain, or, if without 
instruction, as they believe he would do for the good 
of the Order. His general duties are: 

1. To hold up the moral and religious standards and 
to guard the sacred use of the name, emblems, and in- 
signia of the Order. 

2. To report to the Central Office any failure of a 
member or a chapter in these regards. 

3. To visit chapters for review and inspection as 
hereafter provided. 

4. To encourage definite evangelistic effort for and 
among the boys, and to encourage the organization of 
new chapters and installing higher degrees. 

5. Where he finds it practical, he is the logical 
officer to hold District Annual Councils, Institutes, and 
Summer Camps. Erect club houses and cottages on 
Chautauqua and camp grounds. 

In all these things he will find the most hearty co- 
operation from the Central Office. Nothing impossible 
is expected. 



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INCOMPLETE LIST OF DISTRICT DEPUTY 
CHAPLAINS: 

National Organizer, At Large: Prof. Homer Rodeheaver, 
. Chicago. 

England: Mr. Arthur H. Shilcock, London. 

Wales: Mr. James M. Francis, Wrexham. 

China: Rev. J. B. Eyestone, Foochow. 

Japan: Rev. H. O. Saijo, Kyoto. 

New Zealand: Mr. W. J. Munro, Auckland. 

Philippine Islands: Rev. A. E. Chenoweth, Manila. 

New Brunswick and P. E. I.: Mr. J. B. Ganong, Have- 
lock. 

Ontario: Mr. Roy F. White, Sault St. Marie. 

Maine: Mr. A. A. Held, Waterville. 

Vermont: Mr. F. E. Lockwood, Springfield. 

Massachusetts: Rev. J. F. Phillips, Newburyport. 

District of Columbia: Rev. W. A. Haggerty, Washington. 

Maryland: Rev. J. E. K. Horn, Baltimore. 

Central New York: Mr. R. L. Mauterstock, Walton. 

East Pennsylvania: Mr. R. D. Richards, Scranton. 

Central Pennsylvania: Miss Louise A. Helmbold, Cur- 
wensville. 

West Pennsylvania; Rev. J. R. Louchner, Moravia. 

Northeast Ohio: Rev. C. D. Gage, Cleveland. 

Northwest Ohio: Prof. A. K. Hall, Lima. 

Central Ohio: Mr. Fred Shields, Columbus. 

South Ohio: Rev. H. B. Cooper, Chillicothe. 

Cincinnati District: Horace C. Drake. 

East Kentucky: Mrs. F. C. Phister, Fort Thomas. 

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West Kentucky: Mr. H. S. D. Wright, Louisville. 
Indiana: Mr. J. F. Patterson, Indianapolis. 
Illinois: Dr. H. S. Alsip, Lovington. 
Wisconsin: Mr. E. C. Bird, West Allis, Milwaukee. 
Iowa: Miss Josephine Ofhll, Prairie City. 
Kansas: Mr. C. R. Rosenberry, Arkansas City. 
Washington: Mr. W. F. McDowell, Olympia. 
North California: Miss J. H. Laflin, San Francisco. 
South California: Mr. H. K. McConnell, Los Angeles. 



SUSTAINING MEMBERS. 

Those who are interested enough in the boys' work 
in general and the Kappa Sigma Pi in particular to 
pledge $100 or more to the guarantee fund, for the sup- 
port of the Central Office are called Sustaining Members 
of the Grand Chapter. 

They have a voice in the general policy of the Order 
and are invited to a seat in the General Council. Up 
to the time of going to press with this edition of the 
Manual the list is as follows: 

Anderson, W. B., Portsmouth, O. 
Breece, J. T., Portsmouth, Ohio. 
Dunlap, S. W., Circleville, Ohio. 
Jones, Lyman, Circleville, Ohio. 
Renick, Elizabeth, Circleville, O. 
Rodeheaver, Homer, Chicago, Illinois. 
Selby, George D., Portsmouth, Ohio. 
Selby, Homer C, Portsmouth, Ohio. 



CAMP-MEETING, OR CHAUTAUQUA BOYS* 

WORK. 

The management of many Chautauquas and Camp- 
meetings feel the need of doing something that will 
interest and reach the moral and religious needs of the 
boys; but many plans tried have not been satisfactory. 
We want to offer a plan that has been tried repeatedly and 
has been satisfactory in more places than one. 

Of course, the local conditions and needs must deter- 
mine the plan of operation, and it is possible that mod- 
ifications must be made ; but it will not be wise to mod- 
ify too much until it is tried in your particular field. It 
has worked under Kappa Sigma Pi supervision, and, 
if possible, the Grand Chaplain will be pleased to send 
you a man who can work it for you. 

The plan is threefold, to interest all ages and con- 
ditions of boy life. 

1 — Boysville: For training in Christian citizenship. 

After providing such equipment as is obtainable and 
needed at the opening of the season, the boys are as- 
sembled, instructed, and a town government organized. 
Selectmen, or Commissioners, or Mayor, and council 
are elected, with Directors or Boards of Service, Safety, 
Health, etc., according to the form desired and ap- 
propriate in your land or State. Rules and regulations 
for all these departments are provided by your council 
or law-making body, and signed by the mayor or chief 
executive. 

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Franchises to any individual citizen or corporation are 
granted under rules defining their rights and limitations, 
for carrying on any enterprises, such as commerce, public 
utilities, athletics, entertainments, etc. 

The man in charge of Boysville Is the Governor, 
who has a veto on any and every act not In harmony with 
the welfare of the organization. There should be a daily 
town meeting, in which the Governor gives a message 
on Christian Citizenship, reading or quoting from the 
Book of the Law (the Bible), and suggests plans and 
program for the day. 

The more and better the facilities provided by the 
management of the grounds the greater success Is pos- 
sible, altho it can be done with very simple arrangements. 
A hall for the town meeting is necessary, and smaller 
rooms for court and committees are important. Police 
headquarters, badges, uniforms, fire house, hose-reel, 
office signs, special town coin, etc., may be added. If 
practical. 

The need of a generation trained in the science of 
public service and good government is quite apparent. 

2 — Credit or Reward System: For interesting and 
inspiring every boy to take active part with profit 
and pleasure. 

Several experiments with town organization have 
partially failed for lack of enthusiasm on the part of some 
of the boys. This second feature overcomes that diffi- 
culty. The organization is put on a safe financial basis 
by taxing each citizen a poll tax of a small sum, say 
twenty-five cents, to create a fund for either salaries 
or prizes. Franchises may be made to pay lump sum 
or per cent that will bring funds Into the city treasury. 



56 BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 

Then officers and servants of the city are paid a nominal 
salary, or given certain credits for faithful performance of 
duty; but the same principle applies to every citizen of 
the town. A schedule of rewards is arranged for every- 
thing that is done or learned that is worth while, or tho't 
worthy of consideration. Specimens and descriptions 
of scientific facts and nature study observed, such as 
rocks, plant, bird, and animal life in the vicinity; indus- 
tries or phenomena of any kind ; points gained in athletic 
games; scouting stunts; acts of heroism, courtesies; in- 
terest and attendance on the meetings, etc. 

As a matter of discipline, misbehavior and violation 
of the laws of the town makes each citizen subject to 
fines, and when one has lost his credit he may be expelled. 

At a grand assembly at the close of the season the 
prizes are publicly awarded and the results of the work 
exhibited, in the form of an entertainment. 

3 — Religious Work: This to which all other should be 
made to bend and lend assistance. We believe that 
any effort for the boys that does not lead him to a 
definite and intelligent decision for Christ and His 
service is not worthy of the support of the Church. 

We have too many educated and cultivated criminals 
now in State and business affairs. Our plan is to offer 
to the citizens of Boysville the honors and privileges of 
membership or promotion to higher degrees of the Kappa 
Sigma Pi. A special chapter is organized and the credits 
of the individual helps the chaplain in charge to know 
whom he can recommend for membership or promotion. 

These chapter meetings and initiations occupy the 
evening hour daily, or on certain days, and give op- 
portunity for personal religious work among the boys. 



KAPPA SIGMA PI 57 

It Is exceptional for a boy to run this gauntlet of Christian 
influence and not surrender to Christ. 

4 — Instruction to Workers: One hour each day 
should be given for lectures and institute work in 
training workers for boys and the older boys them- 
selves. Pastors and Sunday school teachers are 
more and more waking up to the need of special 
study of the problem. Pulpit committees from all 
quarters are asking the Grand Chaplain to suggest 
a pastor that can handle the Men and Boy situation 
in their Churches. The teachers of the big boy class in 
the Sunday school is the key to the situation in many 
Churches, and the position is the hardest one in the 
school to fill. 

It is not so hard to find a young man to entertain the 
boys in the Boys' Department of the Y. M. C. A.; but 
it is more difficult to find one that can actually lead 
them to Christ and train them in His service. This sum- 
mer course of lectures and discussion can be made very 
popular and effective. Any further particulars can be 
secured by addressing the Grand Chaplain. 



CHAPTER No. 102— KYOTE, JAPAN. 

Japanese boys and Japanese Church work seems to be about 
the same as we have in America. Did you ever hear this, which 
is quoted from one of Mr. Saijo's letters? "It is our vital problem 
to hold the boy just past the children's department of the Sunday 
school. Many drop their church coming after age of 13 or 14 in 
Japan." Ever hear that in America? Yes, they have all our 
problems and many very difficult ones that do not trouble us. It 
is our hope to send or support a man in Japan, soon, to push the 
Kappa Sigma Pi work among our bright little brothers in the Island 
Empire. 



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CLUB HOUSES AND COTTAGES. 

The First General Council resolved to encourage 
the erection and maintaining of Kappa Sigma Pi cot- 
tages on camp-grounds or resorts of a religious character 
and unquestionable moral tone. 

In co-operation with the management of such grounds, 
the Grand Chaplain will give all assistance possible 
in raising funds and encouraging the local chapters and 
District Deputy in making such an enterprise possible. 

The general plan of construction is to erect a tw^o-story 
building of modest but beautiful design, containing re- 
ception room, dining room, and kitchen on first floor. The 
second floor should have one large and one small room 
for sleeping. The cots or beds should be movable or fold 
against the wall, so the floor could be cleared for closed 
meetings and degree w^ork. The smaller room to be 
used for ante-room in initiations and to double lock aw^ay 
the properties when the cottage is closed for the winter. 
When funds and needs permit, to this can be added 
porches, additional rooms for servants, bath, swimming 
pool, outdoor gymnasium, and games. 

Donations may be solicited of interested parties of 
means, and pro-rata from the chapters of the District. 
Such chapters and members shall have the privileges 
of the cottage, sharing the actual expense of maintenance. 

For the sake of permanence and protection of the 
name, the deed or lease for such property should be in 
the name of the Grand Chaplain as trustee for the Kappa 
Sigma Pi. 

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OUR MISSIONARY PLAN. 

Our order Is decidedly missionary In Its nature and 
spirit, as Is proven by its growth without paid adver- 
tising to many States and several foreign fields. Our 
boys believe in passing a good thing along, and the better 
acquainted the chaplains become with the work the 
clearer vision they have of its evangelistic spirit and 
possibilities. 

Without adding to the number of special mission- 
ary offerings, or in any way that will interfere with the 
other missionary enterprises of the local Church, we 
have a plan that will create a fund for supporting a 
native teacher and chaplain or district deputy organizer 
in an increasing number of foreign fields. 

The plan is for the Central Office to furnish the 
printed copies of a Pauline Drama and the costumes, 
If desired, to the local chapters, so they can give this 
entertainment for their parents and friends, charging 
admission or taking a silver offering, and sending a 
stipulated per cent of the receipts to the Grand Chap- 
lain for the missionary work. The copies of the drama 
or entertainment are sold at a nominal price, and the 
costumes are loaned or rented according to terms agreed 
upon. 

The plan is to furnish a new Pauline or Scriptural play 
each year, that will reveal the spirit and teaching of the 
order, without making public its secrets, which are not 
for the general public. 



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The Appeal to C^sar. 

The first number, with the abovje title, opens with a 
scene in Csesarea when Paul is tried before Governor 
Felix, in which his life history is brot out in the evidence. 
The scenes change with hearing before Governor Festus 
and King Agrippa, the hired house in Rome, and the 
court of Caesar. Besides the principal speaking parts, 
you can create as many characters as is desirable in 
enlarging the number of the soldiers, Jews, mobs, etc. 
Write the Grand Chaplain for copy and conditions. 



CORRESPONDENCE COURSE. 
Letters of Grand Chaplain to Chaplains. 

In addition to Manual and other literature sent cut 
by the Grand Chaplain to assist the local Chaplain in 
his or her work, we have provided for a special course 
of instruction and correspondence for each local Chaplain 
that cares to take it. 

The purpose is not merely to help the Chaplain get 
a true vision of the general problem of work with boys, 
by reference to text books and current literature which 
will be cited, but to help him with his own particular 
field and problem. 

The Grand Chaplain proposes to have or secure an 
answer to every relevant question that can be asked about 
the boy, to have it arranged in such a perfect system that 

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he can send back an answer quickly and definitely to 
meet the needs. 

The applicant sends for application blank for the 
correspondence course. Fills it out and sends fee of $1 
to cover actual expenses. He receives a letter from the 
Grand Chaplain each month for one year whether he 
answers them or not. They will be worth the fee, and can 
be filed or bound together for reference, with other free 
literature sent. 

If he wants to finish the year's course of reading and 
discussion so as to get a certificate of graduation, or if 
he wants to get the most good out of it by having special 
instruction and counsel for his own particular field, he 
will be expected to answer questions or write the Grand 
Chaplain in reply to the monthly letter. 

The reference books are selected from the list in the 
Manual, and the Manual itself will be mastered and 
used effectually for saving boys. The cost and the time 
necessary will be small compared with the results and 
the value of a boy's life. 

Those finishing the course of instruction by corre- 
spondence or in our summer institutes, and having the 
required amount of experience as chaplains, will be given 
a certificate and put on the list for employment in boys' 
work, for which there is an urgent and growing demand. 

This course is now given free to chaplains that have 
paid the regular charter fee of $5. To others it is $1. 




UNCLE DAVE'S LETTERS TO THE BOYS. 

The founder and Grand Chaplain is "Uncle Dave'* 
to a great many boys. He was a boy himself not long 
ago. He had a big brother. He was '*big brother" to 
two smaller boys In a home that adopted him a little 
later In his boyhood. He Is a real Uncle Dave to some 
live boys now. He was an orphan boy who went through 
the "School of Hard Knocks" In both country and city 
life, and worked his way through seven years of uni- 
versity courses. He has traveled by earning his way 
about half around the world, and expects to go clear 
around visiting the chapters and meeting the boys In 
many States and countries before many years. 

Uncle Dave has a boy of his own, and girls, too. 
He loves the boys and girls and they return it with 
interest. 

Now, so that he can help the chaplain to be more 
definite and successful In getting all the boys started 
right and know the love of God In their hearts, and be 
committed to the Christian life, we have arranged for 
him to write personal letters to parents and to the boys 
themselves about their work, games, school, and home, 

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from the standpoint and In the spirit of the Brother- 
hood relation and membership. 

He win try to Interest them In good books, nature 
study, Bible study, being manly and loyal to home and 
friends, to understand the spirit and work of the Kappa 
Sigma Pi, and to enter joyfully Into the heroic service 
of Christ and the Church. 

THE PLAN. 

When a chaplain feels that he has not the proper 
co-operation of the parents, and wants their home In- 
fluence to back up his efforts for their boy, and wants 
the boy to feel a deeper Interest In the religious purpose 
of the Order, to give up some habit or practice that is 
detrimental. Uncle Dave will write monthly letters to that 
boy, and, as the case demands, to the parents. 

The letters are written so as to induce him to reply, 
but they are written each month even if he will not 
respond. What boy does not like to get a letter or will 
not read it earnestly? 

Parents who are interested will often be glad to pay 
the fee and help In this plan. 

Send for application blanks so we can have the 
information necessary for basis of the correspondence. 
The fee for a year is only $1 for each boy, and he is 
worth all you can give and do for him. 



GENERAL NON-SECRET SIGNS. 

Colors: Red, white, and gold, meaning sacrificing love, 
purity of life, and richness of tried characters. 
Badge: The shield of defense for our faith in the cross 
of Christ, who died for us and in whose service 
. the members of the Kappa Sigma Pi give their 
lives, even as Paul our hero did. 
Song: Stand Up, Stand Up For Jesus. 
Fraternal Yell: 

Hiyi, hiyi, 

Do n't lie, Can't cry, 

Never die, Kappa Sigma Pi! 

District or local chapters may have their own special 
yells. 

A PRIVILEGE OF MEMBERSHIP. 

When any member of the Kappa Sigma Pi contem- 
plates a trip to another town or States, or countries, it 
will be well for him to write the Grand Chaplain for a 
list of chapters in those places, so he can find friends 
and fellowship. A Kappa Sigma Pi member in good 
standing, showing membership card and password, is 
welcome in any chapter. 



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THE CAMPAIGN FOR GATHERING IN AND 
ORGANIZING THE BOYS. 

We send in the charter outfit all necessary infor- 
mation for an aggressive man or woman to start the 
chapter off in good shape ; but if you want the assistance 
of an expert to start it with enthusiasm and assurance 
of success, we shall be glad to help you, if possible. 

By applying to the Grand Chaplain, offering to pay 
traveling expense and entertainment, we will send you a 
District or Deputy Chaplain to give your Church and 
community a few days' campaign, including at least a 
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. 

The pastor is sent the data for a sermon and an- 
nouncement for the previous Sunday. Wednesday or 
Friday night the Deputy addresses the parents and 
friends and instructs the committee of boys. Satur- 
day night a mass meeting for the boys ; Sunday afternoon 
or Monday night the initiation; and Sunday night the 
public installation of officers. An offering for the general 
Kappa Sigma Pi work is taken in the Sunday evening 
service. From 50 to 200 boys are usually gathered in 
and enlisted in such a campaign. 

Upon application we w^ill write you, giving the nearest 
Deputy, details of the plan, and probable expense. 



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CHAPTER No. 3. 

It was not until after No. 3 was organized that printed matter 
was issued and the plan put in permanent form. The Circleville 
Chapter is under the supervision of the Methodist Church, but 
boys of several other churches are officers and members. About 
everything in this Manual has been tried out and proven good in 
Chapter No. 3. The Christian world will hear from more than one 
of these boys. The coronets they wear indicate their particular 
offices. 



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The purpose of having official uniforms is t^'ofold. 
First, it is attractive and pleasing to the boys of the ages 
specified. This is the dress period to the bo\' where he 
stands long before the mirror and is particular about 
his tie and shoes if he is ever going to be particular. 
Uniforms have a fascination to him, and we wish to please 
and utilize that taste so it will count for character and 
he ma}' glor}' in heart as well as appearances. 

Second, the uniform is a healthy stimulant to good 
behavior and faithfulness to vows. A boy in a uniform 
feels that all the world is looking at him and expecting 
only good things from him. He is not likely to do any- 
thing deceitful or sneaking while in uniform. 

The elTect is not only on him, but the incentive it 
gives to other boys to qualify, so they can be recognized 
as in the honor class, and wear the suit. 

We must avoid the danger of seeking for numbers 
or cheapening the significance of a badge or uniform. 
It must mean quality of character or be abandoned. 
The safeguard is adequately found in faithful meeting of 
conditions and rules. 



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SPECIFICATION OF UNIFORM SUITS. 

The cloth must be standard grade of all wool, dark 
blue cloth, made to order, cap, coat, and trousers. 

Trimming for Order of Damascus. 

One narrow stripe each of red and white braid on 
outside trouser leg, on sleeve of coat, and on band of cap. 
The buttons are white aluminum metal, and the emblem 
on front of cap. 

Trimming for Order of Rome. 

An additional gold stripe is added to the above. 
The buttons are golden, and the emblem on cap has gold 
border. The dark bronze buttons may be substituted 
for both gold or aluminum buttons if any Chapter so 
decides for that Chapter for either degree. 

Summer suits of Khaki are very serviceable and 
cheaper. The trimmings are the same as for blue cloth. 

The Officers and Band members are designated by 
shoulder straps, which may be hooked or sewed to coat. 
The rank of officers is designated on shoulder strap, such 
as: 

1. Appointed Officers 1 bar. 

2. Elected " 2 " 

3. Commanding '' gold leaf. 

4. Chancellor only silver leaf. 

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72 BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 

1. Appointed officers are Chief Musician, Tentmaker, 

Gamaliel, Stephen. 

2. Elected officers: Chancellor, Vice Chancellor, Scribe, 

Purser, Constable, Sentinel. 

3. Commanding officers for Camp, Drill, Athletics, or 

special occasions. Appointed by Chaplain or 
elected. 

4. The Chaplain ranks as civil governor and Court of 

Highest Appeal. No uniform. 
The Band wear special shoulder pieces and aluminum 
lyre on collar or cap. 

Write Grand Chaplain for makers and prices. 



RULES FOR UNIFORMS. 

Members of the First Degree only, must, on no ac- 
count, be allowed to wear suit uniforms, except members 
of a choir or cornet band, who may wear their special 
uniform when on duty only. 

Members of the Order of Damascus and Order of 
Rome who are keeping their vows and are in gocd stand- 
ing, upon recommendation of the Chaplain, and signing 
of written agreement found herein, may purchase the 
prescribed uniform for their degree from the makers or 
agents designated by the Grand Chaplain. The uniforms 
are neat and designed to be worn for Sunday or every 
day in place of usual street clothes, when so desired. 



AGREEMENT FOR WEARING UNIFORM OF THE 
KAPPA SIGMA PL 



The Chapter No. — of 

upon the signature of the Chaplain in charge, doth hereby 
grant the privilege and honor of wearing the official suit 

uniform of the Kappa Sigma Pi for the Degree, 

Order of itpon the following conditions, viz: 

(1) That the member desiring this privilege shall 
faithfully keep his vows and be loyal to the spirit and 
rules governing the organization. 

(2) That he shall never disgrace the uniform by un- 
christian or ungentlemanly conduct in public. 

(3) That if found guilty of unworthiness by the 
chapter to which he belongs he will forfeit and surrender 
his entire uniform suit (including cap) in good order to 
the club, and make such amends as the club may reason- 
ably suggest. 

Signed ___ _ Member. 

Parent or 
Guardian. 

— — Chaplain. 



(A pad of fifty of these agreements furnished by 
Central Office for 25 cents.) 

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FORM FOR ORDERING MANUAL. 

To THE Grand Chaplain of the Kappa Sigma Pi, or 
Modern Knights of St. Paul. 

/ enclose $ for copies {50 cents per copy, 

prepaid) of the Revised Manual. 

Name 



Express Office P. 0. Address- 
Date State 



CHARTER OUTFIT. 

The Charter Outfit consists of: Charter 11x13, 
Revised Manual, set of eight First Rituals, Pad of Ap- 
plications for Membership, 25 Membership Cards, Pad 
of Orders of Purser, Scribe's Record Book, Purser's Book, 
25 Button Badges, One Enamel Badge, One each Large 
and Small Pennants, Privilege of One Year's Corre- 
spondence Course or Bulletin. 

Deduct 50 cents from fee if you have a copy of the 
Revised Manual, and do not want another. 



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FORM OF APPLICATION FOR CHARTER. 

To THE Grand Chaplain of the Kappa Sigma Pi. 

I enclose $5.00, fee for Charter and Supplies to or- 
ganize a Chapter of your Order in 



State of to he associated with 

Church {S. S., Y. M. C. A., 

etc.) The name of the Pastor {Stcpt., Gen. Sec, etc.) is 

whose address is 

(Street, Number or Post-ofTice.) ' The name of the Chris- 

tian adult in charge of the chapter taking the position of 

Chaplain is Address 

Occupation 

Send supplies for minimum cf 25 proposed members 

unless an excess number is here indicated with 

additional cost of $1.00 per 25. We will receive these 
supplies and use them for our chapter only, and hold 
the rituals in confidential trust as explained in the 
Manual. 



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79 



THE LOCAL CHAPTER. 



SIMPLE AND FXONOMICAL. 

. Most chapters as now organized by Sunday school 
.teachers and ministers are very simple and inexpensive 
in their equipment, having a room in the church or 
home, with very little more than the charter outfit, 
and a home-made or purchase "goat" for first initia- 
tion. Our catalogue of supplies are to meet the demand 
for more elaborate work where wanted. 

Steps to Organize. 

If you have not already done so, send to the Grand 
Chaplain for charter and supplies, enclosing the fee 
and information necessary for filling out the charter, 
such as (1) Name of church or religious organization 
with which the chapter is to be connected. The local 
name and denomination. (2) The name and address of the 
pastor, if a Church ; superintendent, if a Sunday school ; 
General Secretary, if a Y. M. C. A., etc. (3) The name 
and address of the adult who is to act as chaplain. (4) 
The number of charter members with which you expect 
to begin. As soon as elected, send the names and the 
addresses of the of^cers. See form on page 76, 

On receipt of this outfit you can ask some of the 
men interested to help you initiate and organize the 
boys or ask the nearest chaplain to come or send a capa- 
ble officer to come and coach your first team and install 
the work. You should arrange to pay his traveling 
expenses. If not too far, let him bring a team of boys 



84 BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 

to put on the work. Such a plan starts the work off 
with great enthusiasm and momentum. 

The Grand Chaplain can furnish you the name and 
address of the nearest chaplain, or your district chaplain. 

Where this is not practical, and you have a large 
group of boys and men to help you, you can select 
those you want for temporary officers and with the set 
of rituals you can have them take the obligation and 
then coach them as a team to initiate another group 
of four to ten boys for a start. 

The chaplain will want to feel supported in the 
work — but official action is not necessary. If a pastor, 
ask your local Church officials to endorse the movement 
after explaining it to them, and authorize a committee 
on Boys' Work, to be appointed by yourself as your 
counselors. This will strengthen your position and 
have a tendency to greater permanency of the chapter. 

If a Sunday school teacher of a boys' class, you can 
counsel your superintendent and pastor and enlist their 
sympathy — show them its relation to the Sunday school 
and its need, and get their co-operation. 

If a president or officer of a Young Peoples' Society 
or Y. M. C. A., you will know the best way to secure 
co-operation from your organization, but like the pastors 
and teachers, you may have to start alone and show 
others its importance. 

All concerned will join in Its praise and boost after 
you have it pretty well up the hill and are producing 
results. 



LOCAL CHAPTER CONSTITUTION. 

Your local constitution which you should adopt by 
vote of your chapter should be in harmony with the 
following, if not in words: Select your own fees, time, 
place, etc. 

Art. 1 — Name. 
This organization shall be known as Chapter No. 



of the Kappa Sigma Pi or The Modern Knights of 
St. Paul. It is to be the Junior Brotherhood of the 

■ (Church or Sunday School, or 



Y. M. C. A.) in- 



State of . (Any 

formerly adopted name which you want to retain may 
be inserted before the word chapter.) 

Art. II — Membership. 

Conditions of membership are: 1st. Age at least 
10 years. Under ten, boys may be pledged and elected 
subject to initiation on or after their tenth birthday. 
2d. Able to understand and take the vow. 3d. Rec- 
ommended by the chaplain and elected by a two-thirds 
majority of club present and voting by secret ballot. 

Promotion to Second Degree limited to boys above 
13 years, recommended by the chaplain as capable and 
worthy to take the vow of a Christian and member of 
Young People's Society of the Church, if any exists, or 

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86 BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 

Y. M. C. A. Bible class. Elected by secret ballot of 
Second Degree with less than three negative votes. 

Advancement to the Third Degree is for boys at least 
16 years of age, recommended by the chaplain, able and 
worthy to take the vow, a member of the Church, or 
asking to join, and receiving the unanimous secret vote 
of the Third Degree members. 

The initiation fee for each degree shall be (25 cents) 
and the monthly dues shall be (10 cents) per month, 
except for July and August, which are generally vaca- 
tion months. 

The higher degrees are only inner circles of the same 
organization, so the older and more advanced boys Avill 
be close leaders to the younger. Second and Third 
Degree activities are indicated in the rituals. 

Art. Ill — Officers. 

The pastor, teacher, or adult in charge shall be 
chaplain ex-ofhcio. The chaplain shall nominate two 
or three names for the ofhce in question, and the mem- 
bers elect their choice from this list by secret ballot 
for the following officers: Chancellor, Vice Chancellor, 
Scribe, Purser, Constable, and Sentinel. The Chaplain 
or Chancellor may appoint a Chief Musician and the 
initiatory officers Tentmaker, Gamaliel, and Stephen. 

The duties of officers are indicated in the Installation 
Ceremony and official records and blank forms. 

Art. IV — Ti:me and Place of Meeting. 

The regula.r meeting shall be the day of 

each month at — P. M., in . Other 

meetings subject to call of chaplain and chancellor. 



KAPPA SIGMA PI '87 

Art. V — Committees. 

The chancellor may appoint such committees, stand- 
ing or special, as are necessary to carry on the work 
of the chapter, as: Athletic, Bible Study and Sunday 
school, Sick, Membership, Entertainments, Glad Hand, 
etc. 

Art. VI — Amendments. 

This constitution may be amended at any regular 
meeting after notice and reading of proposed amend- 
ment has been made at least month— before, and 

it passes by a two-thirds vote of members present. Pro- 
vided such an amendment is in harmony with the pur- 
pose and general constitution of the Order. 



BOYS UNDER TEN. ' 

It is not advisable to take boys into the club before 
they are 10 years of age, because the little fellows are 
not reliable when it comes to keeping the secrets, and 
are generally just as well off in their homes. However, 
boys under ten sometimes form bad habits and such 
conditions ought not to be ignored. We advise the plan 
of pledging these boys and elect them to a provisional 
membership. Upon their taking the following pledge 
in an open meeting they may be elected to provisional 
membership, but are not allowed to attend the regular 
meetings. 

If they are true to the vow they may be initiated 
upon recommendation of chaplain on or after their 
tenth birthday. 



SS BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 

Notes on By-Laws. 

In formulating your local by-laws we suggest that 
payment of dues shall not be made a test of member- 
ship to prohibit delinquents from attending meetings. 
It might be made a cause for disfranchise, so that a 
delinquent could not vote on business motions and 
payment of bills, etc., or even on admission of candidates. 



Fines of five or ten cents are sometimes assessed by 
the chancellor for misbehavior in meetings or by court 
in trial for some violation of the vow and the member 
disfranchised from voting until paid. 



A reasonably good discipline is essential to success, 
but try and get the boys themselves to keep order and 
agree on what is good order. The chancellor or chaplain 
can ask an unruly member to retire from the meeting, 
or appoint a committee of boys to wait on his parents 
and report his case, or instruct the scribe to send copy 
of resolution to parents. 



It Is generally a poor plan to expell a member even for 
breaking his vow by returning to his bad habits, but 
rather deal with him earnestly and patiently, and show 
him that he can not be advanced to the higher degrees 
unless he gets the victory. Have committee of boys 
to take him in charge, to encourage and help him. 



KAPPA SIGMA PI 89 

When It Is reported that some one has learned about 
the secrets, have the boys trained to neither deny nor 
confess It to any outsiders, but just laugh it off as a joke. 

There are a large number of varieties In the testing 
of the candidate's courage, so you will have no trouble 
in surprising one that thinks he knows. 



Use Pledge Cards. 

A copy of the "Under Ten Pledges," printed on a 
neat card, can be given to each candidate for him to 
sign and keep. They are furnished by the Grand Chap- 
lain at 25 for 12 cents, or 40 cents for 100. 



Under Ten Pledge. 

**I promise to lead a right life, avoiding such habits 
and associations as would hinder me In developing a 
pure and manly character; I will attend Sunday school 
regularly, so as to know what Is the right life. I will 
report to the chaplain any violation of this pledge, but 
will try earnestly to keep it and be ready to be initiated 
into the Kappa Sigma Pi when I am ten years old. 

Signed- — — -. ' ' 



THE OFFICE OF CHAPLAIN. 

The name of Chaplain as we use it is not an accident. 
We desire to emphasize the spiritual nature of the order 
and avoid the thought of authority over the boys, al- 
though he has all the authority necessary to control the 
important things as is clearly seen in the constitution 
and the installation ceremony. 

The high sounding names and the honors are all 
given to the boy officers, and they are made to feel re- 
sponsibility, and that they are doing things themselves. 

The Chaplain is to see that the boys conduct the 
business and carry out the real purpose of the order, 
but his particular duty and privilege is to see that every 
boy is committed to the Christ-life and the service of 
the Church. The organization furnishes him the op- 
portunity. 

He should treat his boy officers with cordial confi- 
dence and suggest to them the best way of doing things, 
but he will learn much and profit greatly by hearing 
and respecting the boys' ideas. They are ready to take 
advice if given in a frank and brotherly spirit. 

He will soon find them coming to him for counsel 
in a most natural way. 

A close touch should be kept with th6 Grand Chap- 
lain who can help from his own experience and from 
correspondence with hundreds of other chaplains. One 
of the most profitable things possible for the Chaplain 
would be to take the Correspondence Course for Chap- 
lains, which is conducted from the Central Office, 

90 



INSTALLATION CEREMONY. 

(Open Meeting.) 

Some pastors have this at Sunday evening regular 
service, the chapter attending in a body. 

(Pastor presiding. In his absence the Chaplain. 
Pastor gives introductory remarks and reviews of the 
organization, and declares its general purpose and spirit.) 

Sing Club Hymn, ''Stand Up, Stand Up For Jesus." 

Let the Scribe read the record of election and the 
list of the newly elected and appointed officers from 
the minutes. 

(Pastor gives the following obligation to Chaplain, 
or if he is the Chaplain, takes upon himself this vow, 
laying his hand upon the open Bible.) 

Chaplain — "The Chaplain Is not only to assist at his 
station in the usual ceremonies of the club, but he is a 
spiritual adviser and leader of the chapter, having grave 
responsibilities of recommendation, nomination, and 
veto in business of the club. The failure of Chaplain 
is failure of the chapter. I promise and pledge to fulfill 
the duties of my office to the best of my ability, God 
being my helper.'* 

(The Past Chancellor, In fact or appointed, will bring 
forward the officers elected and appointed in their 
respective order, presenting them one at a time when 
called, saying: "Brother Chaplain, I present Brother 

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92 BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 



-, who has been elected (or appointed) 



to the office of .) 

Chaplain — "Brothers, to the end that our officers now 
about to be installed may fully understand their duties, 
let us read together in their hearing Article III of the 
Constitution. 

'•'The pastor or assistant or adult in charge shall be 
Chaplain ex-officio. The Chaplain shall nominate two 
or three names for the office in question and the mem- 
bers elect their choice from the list for the following 
officers: Chancellor, Vice Chancellor, Scribe, Purser, 
Constable, and Sentinel. The Chaplain or Chancellor 
may appoint a Chief Musician and initiatory officers. 
The duties are same as usual parliamentary rules re- 
quire and are indicated in the ritual ceremonies and 
official blank form. Term of office six months (or year), 
or until their successors are elected and installed." 

The appointive officers by the Chancellor or Chaplain 
are a Tentmaker, Gamaliel, Stephen, and a Musician 
and any of their assistants that may be necessary from 
time to time. 

The Past Chancellor will now present the 

Chancellor-Elect. 

Presiding Officer — Brother , upon 

you has been conferred the highest possible honor within 
the gift of this club, but always remember that with 
such honors come corresponding great obligations. 

Much of the success and good work of this club for 
the ensuing year will depend upon your active work and 
energy. It will be your duty always to be present at 



KAPPA SIGMA PI 93 

all the meetings of the club, when possible, at which 
meetings you are to preside, and your decisions while 
in the chair must always be fair and just. You will 
see to it that all regulations and laws of our order are 
properly enforced, and strive at all times to see that 
harmony and good fellowship prevail among the mem- 
bers. You should keep yourself informed as to what 
other chapters of our order are doing. You should, 
with the Chaplain, plan your work ahead of club meetings 
and thus be qualified to conduct the meetings with 
ability. You should see that the other officers are 
present or substitutes available. You should hold 
frequent executive sessions with the officers and pastor 
and thus acquaint other officers, as well as yourself, with 
the duties that fall to their office. You should see that 
the club is properly represented at Kappa Sigma Pi 
conventions; that its activities are properly represented 
in the daily press or Church papers, and announcements 
made to the congregation as needed. 

W^ You have heard what are the duties of the office 
to which you have been elected. Will you here promise 
faithfully to carry out the spirit of our constitution 
and so to discharge the obligations that rest upon you 
as to serve the best interest of our order? 

Ans. — I will endeavor so to do. 

Presiding Officer — You will place your right hand 
upon this open Bible. While holding this office will 
you strive earnestly to conform to the precepts of this 
Word? W\\\ you pattern your life after the Great Com- 
mander of our order, even Christ, and be instructed for 
loyal service by our hero, St. Paul? 

Ans. — I will. 



94 BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 

Presiding Officer — Let the Past Chancellor (place 
upon you the regalia of your office and)* stand you before 
your station and then present the 

Vice Chancellor-Elect. 

Brother — , yours is one of the most 

important offices of the club. It shall be your duty to 
preside in the absence of the Chancellor, and at all 
times to be his first assistant in promoting the good of 
the cause. By virtue of your office you are chairman 
of the Sunday school Committee. You should try to 
increase the attendance at all church services, such as 
Sunday school and young people's organizations, or 
anywhere the Word of God may be studied. 

In general, strive not only to quicken the religious 
zeal of the members, but to investigate the social prob- 
lems about them and contribute to their solution in 
the spirit of Christ. 

You have heard, etc. (as above). 

The Past Chancellor will now stand you at your 
station and present the 

Scribe-Elect. 

Brother , as Scribe, much of the work 

of the club devolves upon you. You should keep a 
concise and accurate account of the proceedings of the 
club meetings and read them upon call at the next 
regular meeting. 

Your membership roll should be accurately pre- 

*NoTE — If coronets for officers have been provided, insert this 
clause in parenthesis for each officer. If not, omit 



KAPPA SIGMA PI 95 

served and corrected up to date. You should be prompt 
at meetings, and, if necessarily detained, see that your 
records shall be on hand without delay or failure. Your 
records and rolls of members shall be kept on ofhcial 
record books furnished by the Central Office. It shall be 
your duty to notify candidates of their election to mem- 
bership and use your best endeavors to have them 
present at the time appointed for their initiation. You 
shall be expected to send a comprehensive semi-annual 
report to the Grand Chaplain of the Kappa Sigma Pi 
and reply promptly to all Central Office correspondence. 
In accordance with the regulations of our order, you 
are to draw all orders on the treasurer for bills allowed 
by vote of the club, securing the signature of the Chan- 
cellor to the order, as well as signing it yourself. You 
shall have charge of badges and blank printed forms, 
cards, etc. You shall have charge also of manuals and 
rituals, if designated by the Chaplain, who is responsible 
to the Grand Chaplain for safety of rituals. 

You have heard, etc. 

Let the Past Chancellor place you at your desk and 
present the 

Purser-Elect. 

Brother —■ , into your hands are en- 

trUsted all the funds of the club. Guard them well. 
It shall be your duty to keep the accounts of the club 
on official record books furnished by the Central Office 
and collect the membership dues. You are to make 
reports of all receipts, disbursements, and the balance 
pn hand at each regular business meeting. You are to 



96 BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 

pay out money only on the order drawn by the Scribe 
and countersigned by the Chancellor. 

You have heard, etc. 

Let the Past Chancellor place you at your station 
and present the 

Constable-Elect. 

Brother , as Constable it shall be your 

duty to have charge of the floor work in the initiations 
of the club, and much of the impressiveness of the cere- 
mony will depend upon the manner in which the work 
is presented to the candidate. 

You are to prepare for initiation and installation 
ceremonies and have the custody of the regalia, song 
books, and other such club property, as well as the special 
care of the club room. Guard sacredly the room and 
treasures of the club. 

You have heard, etc. 

Let the Past Chancellor place you before your chair 
and present the 

Sentinel- Elect. 

Brother , it will be your duty to 

guard safely the entrance and see that no one is admitted 
who has not acquainted himself with the password. You 
shall report the names of any without the password to 
the Chancellor, who will, if proper, instruct you to send 
them to him and have him give them the password. You 
should endeavor to be present at each meeting and 
properly take care of the door and duties imposed upon 
you. 

You have heard, etc. 



KAPPA SIGMA PI 97 

Let the Past Chancellor place you at your station 
and bring forth the 

Musician, Appointed. 

Brother , this world needs music for 

comfort and inspiration. Your service will always be 
greatly appreciated. It shall be your duties to lead in 
the devotional music of the club and promote, as op- 
portunity is found, the spirit of song and praise. Be 
prompt and present at every meeting of the club, if pos- 
sible, and lead us in singing our praises and pledges to 
Almighty God. 

You have heard, etc. 

Let the Past Chancellor stand you at your station 
and bring forward the officers who are the instructors in 

Pauline Virtues. 

Brothers Tentmaker, Gamaliel, and Stephen, your 
offices are very important and significant. Words of 
advice, wisdom, and courage must be imparted by you 
and represented by your goodly lives. You shall be 
careful that the right influence shall come from your 
exalted offices in the initiation ceremony, and that the 
principles you represent shall prevail in the practical 
operation of the Chapter. 

You havie heard, etc. 

Let all the members stand while we sing our Kappa 
Sigma Pi hymn, "Work, for the Night is Coming," or 
"A Charge to Keep I Have." 

(All officers kneeling before their stations and all 
members kneeling, pastor or Chaplain leads In prayer 
of consecration. Follow with informal reception, con- 
gratulations by parents and friends, remarks by officers, 

refreshments, etc., if at a week night meeting.) 
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98 



OPENING CEREMONY, ETC. 
I — Opening Ceremony. 

Chancellor. — {Raps for order; and says:) Brother 
Sentinel, are all within these walls in possession of the 
password ? 

If not you will see that those who do not possess it 
retire to another room until instructed.* 

If the Scribe or Purser recognize any not in good 
standing, let them now name such for retirement also 
and further instructions. 

Now, if all corrections are made, we will proceed 
with our service. 

The. Chaplain will lead us in prayer. 

(Give two raps for signal for all to stand.) 

(Chaplain leads in prayer, closing with the Lord's 
Prayer, ''Our Father, who," etc.) 

(Chancellor gives one rap to be seated.) 

Chan. — The Vice Chancellor will now tell us the 
object of our order. 

Vice Chan. — The object of our order is to seek the 
mutual improvement and entertainment of its mem- 
bers, morally and socially, and to occupy the time in 
such exercises as will assist in the making of Christian 
gentlemen. 

Chan. — Let us all together declare our principles. 

Cluh. — We accept Christ as our Savior and Com- 
mander and select Saint Paul as our type of heroic and 
manly character. 

* Should any boy be sent out, the Sentinel reports his name to 
the Chancellor, who orders him brot to him so he can give him the 
password if he is in good standing. 

99 



100 BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 

Chan. — The Chaplain will now remind us of our vows 
and obligations. 

(Chaplain has one or all repeat the vows, or gives 
short talk on taking and keeping good vows.) 

Chan, — What do we learn from the Tentmaker? 
Tentmaker. — To be industrious and honest. 
Chan. — What lesson from Gamaliel? 
Gamaliel. — To seek earnestly for the truth and for 
wisdom from God. 

Chan. — ^What can we learn from St. Stephen? 
St. Stephen. — To be courageous, for God is with 
those that do right. 

Chan. — Let us all sing the club hymn. 
(Give two raps for all to stand.) 
(Key of B.) 

Stand up, stand up for Jesus! 

Ye soldiers of the cross; 
Lift high His royal banner, 

It must not suffer loss: 
From victory unto victory 
His army shall He lead. 
Till every foe is vanquished 
And Christ is Lord indeed. 

Stand up, stand up for Jesus! 

Stand in His strength alone; 
The arm of flesh will fail you; 

Ye dare not trust your own: 
Put on the gospel armor, 

Each piece put on with prayer. 
Where duty calls or danger. 

Be never wanting there. 

Chan. — (Gives one rap, to he seated.) We are now 
ready for the regular order of business. 



KAPPA SIGMA PI 101 

Order of Business. 

1. Roll Call. 

2. Reading of the minutes. 

3. Proposition for new members. 

4. Election of new members. 

5. Initiation. 

6. Purser's report. 

7. Bills. 

8. Report of Committees. 

9. Any names to be dropped? 

10. Any not attending Sunday school? 

11. Any brothers sick or In distress? 

12. Any new names to be considered before we 

invite them to join? 

13. Unfinished business. 

14. New business. 

15. Anything for the good of the order? 

16. Communications. 

17. Chaplain instruct or question on Paul's life. 

18. Program. 

19. Closing ceremony. 

II — Closing Ceremony. 

Chan. — If there Is nothing undone that we need to 
do this time we will close in the usual order. 

The Chaplain will announce the plan or program 
for future meetings. 

Brother Knights, join me in the exercise of our un- 
written confidential work. 

(Salute, response, whistle, grip, etc.) 

Let the instructors give us a message from our hero. 

What do you remember, worthy Tentmaker? 



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102 BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 

Tentmaker. — Paul says (in 1 Cor. 4:12): ''We toil, 
working with our hands ; being reviled we bless ; being 
persecuted we endure." 

Chan. — What can you bring to mind, Worthy Gama- 
liel? 

Gamaliel. — As our apostle said in writing to the Colos- 
slans (1: 9-10), "I pray that we may be filled with the 
knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and un- 
derstanding — to walk worthy of the Lord — bearing 
fruit in every work and increasing in the knowledge 
of God." 

Chan. — What is the final message, Saint Stephen? 

Stephen. — Paul writes to Timothy about his trials 
before Caesar at Rome: "At my first defense no one took 
my part, but all forsook me — but the Lord stood by me, 
and strengthened me," so that we can know that God 
stands by every one who does right, even when one's 
friends desert him. 

(Sing Doxology. Benediction by Chaplain.) 

IV — Funeral Ceremony. 

At the invitation of pastor and family of a deceased 
member, the following ceremony is suggested for a 
brief but appropriate service: 

Pastor. — The earnest purpose of the departed brother 
to lead a right life as taught by Jesus Christ is shown 
by his membership in our Boys' Brotherhood, and his 
young brothers of that organization are here to express 
their sympathy with the bereaved, and pay their respects 
to the memory of their departed brother. 

Chancellor. — Our order takes as our Commander 
and Savior Jesus Christ, who not only taught us the 



KAPPA SIGMA PI 103 

way of life and commands our ways of conduct and 
service, but died that we might thru faith in Him Hve 
eternally. As He arose from the dead and promised 
that we also shall meet Him in the resurrection, we 
claim this precious promise and hope in Him, for to 
falter would be cowardly and to doubt would be sin. 
We expect to meet our brother again when we shall, if 
faithful, be promoted to the highest degree of eternal 
service and joy. 

Chaplain or Assistant. — Our order selects as our 
hero and ideal man, St. Paul, who with great wisdom 
wrote about the things of the Kingdom of Christ as it 
related to this world and to the next. He teaches us 
that these earthly bodies shall be changed and made 
like unto Christ's heavenly body, and that saying shall 
be brot to pass, which is written, ** Death is swallowed 
up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, 
where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and 
the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, 
which giveth us the victory thru our Lord Jesus Christ. 
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, un- 
movable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, 
for as much as ye know that your labor is not in vain 
in the Lord." 

Chan. — As a token of our sorrow at our loss of a 
worthy member, of our sympathy with his family in 
their even greater sorrow and as an expression of our 
faith and hope in Jesus Christ, our Savior and Com- 
mander, who has redeemed us and promised to bring 
us all to himself in that better country, I deposit upon 
his casket our colors signifying purity, love, and moral 
quality. {Deposit flowers containing red, white, and gold, 
or bits of ribbon of these colors.) 



104 BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 

Club. — So say we all of us. {In subdued tones.) 
Then one at a time each member steps forward and 

drops bit of colors on the casket or grave. 

Closing benediction or committal service by the 

pastor. 



RITUALS. 

Rituals are not sold, but furnished for definite con- 
fidential use, and subject to recall for safety or im- 
provement. They are registered in the name of the 
chaplain, each one having a serial number, and he is 
responsible to the Grand Chaplain for their safe and 
proper use. 

The set of eight First Degree Rituals is sent with the 
charter outfit. When worn or soiled, they may be ex- 
changed for additional fee of $1, or 10 cents each. 

The Chaplain must see that the Grand Chaplain 
has the name of his successor as custodian. 

We may want to revise and replace them, and must 
know at all times where to find them. When a chapter 
discontinues, the rituals must all be returned for safe- 
keeping and will be filed away for a reasonable time 
in the Central Office, subject to recall of the chapter, when 
revived. 

Every member can readily see that such care is 
necessary, and will help us loyally. 

In the club-room the rituals should be kept under 
lock when not in use; distributed for use to the officers 
when necessary and carefully collected and counted at 
the close of the service. Most chapters have a trunk 
or closet for their properties. 



ORDER FOR HIGHER DEGREES RITUALS. 

Second and third degree rituals are secured by chap- 
lains who are ready to install these degrees. 
Fill out blank or write your order as follows : 

Grand Chaplain: We are ready to initiate a class of 

worthy hoys into the Order of 

(Damascus or Rome.) Enclosed please find money order 
for $1 for set of five Second (or Third) Degree Rituals, 
which I will hold in trust, and will report to you any 
transfer to another custodian; and return same to you 
should the chapter disband or cease to hold regular meetings. 

Signed 

Chaplain. 

A ddress 

Chapter No. 



105 



LOCAL PLANS AND ACTIVITIES. 



INDOOR WORK— WINTER SEASON. 

The various activities of the chapter will be de- 
termined, necessarily, by local needs and conditions. 
A special room or meeting place should be provided as 
soon as possible. A stated place and proper material, 
such as rituals, other printed matter, regalia, etc., not 
only facilitates the work, but helps to make it permanent. 

The club room should be furnished with a good sized 
table and comfortable chairs, hat rack, cupboard, closet, 
or trunk in which the ''goat" and other property may 
be safely locked from curious eyes. The walls can be 
decorated with pennants, framed charter, flag, and 
such inspiring pictured that boys like. The chapter at 
Logan, Ohio, had their emblem frescoed on the wall of 
their room in the new church recently built. The re- 
vised ritual shows the ideal arrangement of table and 
officers' chairs. 

Frequently teachers of Sunday school classes who or- 
ganized their boys into a chapter have found it best or 
necessary to meet in their home. Attic or basement 
sometimes furnishes a room that can be especially ar- 
ranged and decorated to be more pleasing to the boys 
than the parlor. A special club room in the church is 
the proper thing when conditions will warrant it. The 
Churches have been saving furniture and carpets a long 
time. It is better to save hoys — It is better to break 
up a chair once in a while than to have one boy's life 
broken up by neglect of the Church. 

The city chapters generally meet once a week in 

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110 BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 

the evening when most convenient. On account of 
school duties, Friday night seems to be most popular. 
In country and some villages a monthly meeting is all 
that is attempted. Once a week is never too often to 
suit the boys when they once get into the work. Where 
they have a reading and game room they assemble 
several nights a week, but only once for business and 
ritualistic work. 

Experience has shown that the ritual with its cere- 
monies, especially the initiations, will attract and in- 
terest the boys increasingly. When they are tired of 
other things that come in their season, they return to 
the election and initiation of new members, and pro- 
motion to higher degrees with increasing interest and 
pleasure. This is as it should be. No program, sports, 
or games appeal more to the moral and religious nature 
of the boy, and the Scriptural lessons and vow^ take 
deep hold on him. 

The ceremony calls for acting, and boys like to act 
a part of strong men and heroes. 

When there is no initiation and there is time, some 
program can be prepared for and by the boys. Have 
committees appointed to do things and report on some 
interest to the club. Mock or real trial of some member 
by court and jury. Ask a lawyer friend to preside. If 
a mock trial, invite friends in to enjoy the debate. 

Debates, Concert, Orchestra, Brass Band, Glee Club, 
Military Drill, Banquet or simple refreshments, Prac- 
tical talks by prominent business and professional men, 
Open meetings for parents and installation, etc. 



PARLIAMENTARY RULES. 

One of the important items in connection with your 
meetings is to observe as nearly as is possible, the well-- 
known parliamentary rules. The proper observance 
of the principal rules of order in public meetings will 
not only add dignity to the meetings and make the boys 
think that you are doing something worth while, but 
the matter of discipline will be simplified and the 
boys will learn methods of procedure that will be useful 
to them all their lives, whenever they are in meetings 
of deliberative bodies. 

Since sufficient space is not at our disposal to give 
a satisfactory discussion of these rules in this Manual, 
it is suggested that the chapter furnish the Chancellor 
with a copy of Robert's Rules of Order, or some similar 
book, in order that he may post himself on the principal 
rules in parliamentary law. 

If the presiding officer is well informed the work of 
presiding during the business part of the meeting will 
be much easier for him and there will be dignity in the 
meetings that would not otherwise be possible. We 
can furnish you Bethel's Compendium of Parliamentary 
Law, which is an excellent book. Postpaid for 50 cents. 

Introduction of Business. 

All business should be brought before the chapter 
by a motion of a member. Before any member can make 
a motion or address the meeting upon any question, it 
is necessary that he obtain the floor. That is, he must 

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112 BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 

address the presiding officer thus: "Worthy Chancellor," 
who will then announce the member's name. Where 
two or more arise at the same time, the Chancellor must 
decide who is entitled to the floor, which he does by an- 
nouncing the member's name. No member who has 
once had the floor is again entitled to it while the same 
question is before the assembly, provided the floor is 
claimed by one who has not spoken to that question. 
After the floor has been assigned to a member he can 
not be interrupted. (Except on rare occasions.) 

Such as question of privilege that requires immediate 
action. In such cases, a member, when he arises and 
addresses the chair, should state at once for what pur- 
pose he arises. As for instance, that he ''arises for a 
point of order." 

Before any subject is open for debate it is necessary, 
first, that a motion be made by a member who has the 
floor; second, that it be seconded; and third, that it be 
stated by the Chancellor. He may call for the member 
to write out the motion so he can read it in exact language. 

Before passage, a mover can modify his motion or 
withdraw it with the consent of his second. 

Two members agreeing may appeal from the de- 
cision of the Chancellor to the Chaplain, who in turn 
may if he desires, call for a vote of the club on that 
particular point and let the majority vote settle it. 

The motion to lay the question on the table is not 
debatable and removes the subject from consideration 
until called for by a vote of the chapter. 

Contending over points of order and procedure as 
to how business may be transacted should by no means 
be allowed to defeat the transaction of business nor to 
disturb the peace and harmony of the chapter. 



KAPPA SIGMA PI 113 

Debate and Decorum. 

When a motion is made and seconded, it shall be 
stated by the chairman before being debated. In de- 
bate a member must confine himself to the question 
before the assembly and avoid personalities. He can 
not reflect upon any act of the assembly, unless he in- 
tends to conclude his remarks with a motion to rescind 
such action or else while debating such motion. In re- 
ferring to another member, he should, as much as pos- 
sible, avoid using his name, rather referring to him as 
*'the man who spoke last," or in some other way refer- 
ring to him. It is not allowable to arraign the motives 
of a member. 

BIBLE STUDY. 

The opportunity for introducing questions and an- 
swers on Paul's life is given in the regular order of 
business. In connection with regular order in the 
meeting, or in addition to it, the boys will enjoy a 
monthly if not weekly half-hour journeying with Paul. 
He is the hero, and the story must be made realistic. 
Let some of the boys occasionally tell the story of some 
certain adventure, prison, or shipwreck scene, or recite 
one of his famous speeches, such as his defense before 
Agrippa, Acts 26: 1-29, or some shorter ones. 

The important facts of his life must become familiar 
to all the boys, especially those worked out in the degree 
work, and it creates a desire for more knowledge of 
this wonderful man and his relation to the Christ is ever 
appearing. 

The significance of the graded vows taken in the ini- 
tiations is brought out and steps to personal relation 
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114 BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 

with the Master that Paul served is the most natural 
consequence, unless the chaplain is negligent at this 
point. 

There are many good texts on Paul published. I 
have used mostly, "The Student Life of Paul," by G. H. 
Gilbert, for my outline and gathered up data from many 
sources. Other standard texts are found in the list on 
page 161. 

His Life Outlined. 

Period I. Childhood. 

Birthplace, the City of Tarsus, Cilicia. Free city. 
Noted for commercial center and university. Strabo 
says that in his time Rome was full of learned men from 
Tarsus. Jews were many and influential. 

Paul never mentions his family. Roman citizenship 
involved respectable standing, Acts 22:28. He was 
taught the trade of tent-making, but that did not imply 
poverty. Every Jew's duty to teach his son a trade. 
Going to school at Jerusalem does not imply wealth. 
Probably lived with married sister while sitting at the 
feet of Gamaliel. Luke tells about the sister. Acts 23 : 16. 

Jewish rabbis received presents, not salary. A 
strict Pharisee. Sent to Jerusalem while young. Pos- 
sibly only 13 years of age, Acts 22 : 3 ; 26: 4. 

Gamaliel wise and influential. Acts 5 : 34-40. Rabbis 
met their pupils in court of the temple, Luke 2 : 46 ; 
20: 1, etc. 

Probably returned to Tarsus during time of min- 
istry of Jesus. May have learned his trade at this 
period. Goat hair tents, a Cilician industry. He never 
mentions having seen Jesus until his vision before 
Damascus. 



KAPPA SIGMA PI 115 

Saint Stephen was not content to have the new faith 
as narrow as the old. He thot that Jesus taught a spir- 
itual worship without necessity of legal rites and cere- 
monies, Acts 6 and 7 chapters. Paul, or Saul, returning 
to Jerusalem full of zeal for the law and his rabbinical 
teachings, was aggressive in persecuting the new sect 
of the followers of Jesus and had a part, probably the 
leader, in the stoning of Stephen, Acts 22: 20; 7: 58; 8: 1. 

Jerusalem was probably his residence then, as he was 
a member of the sanhedrin. Acts 26: 10. The sanhedrin 
clearly supported Saul in these persecutions. Acts 9:2. 
He thot he was doing right. Acts 26:9. His religious 
training was at fault, but he was trying to live a right 
life, which effort surely led him to find that better 
way later. 

Period II. The Damascus Experience. 

Saul became Paul; a changed life. The process of 
this change is interesting, but not essential; the fact of 
the change is indisputable. Three accounts in Acts 
9: 1-19; 22: 6-16; 26: 12-18. Three in his epistles. Gal. 
1:11-17; 1 Cor. 9:1; 15:8. See also 2 Cor. 4:6. We 
must not take any one account as the complete record 
of his conversion. Some feature emphasized in one 
account may be entirely omitted in another as unimpor- 
tant to the readers or listeners. Paul derives his apostle- 
ship from the fact that he has seen the ascended Jesus 
the Lord. Seen of me also, 1 Cor. 15:4-8. Any dis- 
crepancies in details are explained by the fact that 
some of Paul's statements were written twenty-five 
years later and there was no copying of written forms 
and expression. The great facts of his conversion stood 
out clear and distinct to the last. 



116 BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 

Commissioned by the high priests, journeyed with 
escort to Damascus, his eyes were bhnded by a bright 
heavenly Hght which his companions also saw. They 
fell to the ground, and he heard the voice. Responds. 
House of Judas. Instruction. Commission, Preaching 
Jesus. Synagogues. Silent period in Arabia. The 
house on the wall. Flight to Jerusalem. Barnabas 
introduces to the disciples. Review his preparation for 
this vision. The customs and geography are interesting. 

Period III. His Life of Service for Christ. 

Make or secure a map of Paul's missionary tours. 
Apostle to the Gentiles, Gal. 1: 16. Antioch, Acts 8: 1; 
11:19-26. First called Christians, Acts 11:26. Ju- 
dean famine. Acts 11: 27-30; Gal. 2: 10. Barnabas, Acts 
4:36. First tour. Gal. 1: 16f. Cyprus, Acts 4: 37; 11 : 19, 
20; 13:4f. Pisidian Antioch, Acts 13:13. Iconium, 
Lystria, Derbe, Acts 14: 6f. The struggle for Gentile 
freedom. Acts 15; Gal. 2: 1-10. The decision, Gal. 2: 9, 
10; Acts 15:20. The Gospel introduced into Europe 
Acts 15:36; 16:6-8. Vision at Troas, Acts 16:9-12. 
First church at Philippi, Acts 16: 13f. Thessalonica, 
Acts 17:1-9. Beroea, Acts 17:10-14. Athens, Acts 
17: 15-34; 1 Thess. 3: 1. Corinth, Acts 18: 1-18; 1 Cor. 
2: 1-5. 

Names and characters of Paul's co-laborers. Barna- 
bas, Acts 4:36; 8:1; 9:27; 11:22, 30; 15:2. Silas, 
Acts 15:22, 32; 16:37, 19. Timothy, Acts 16:1-3; 1 
Tim. 1:2; 2 Tim. 1:5; 3: 15; Acts 22:4; Phil. 1: 1; 1 
Tim. 1:3; 2 Tim. 4: 10. Luke, Col. 4: 10-14; Acts 20: 6; 
21: 17; 27: 1; 2 Tim. 4: 11. Aquila and Priscilla, Acts 
18: 2; Rom. 16: 3, 4; 2 Tim. 4: 19; 1 Cor. 16: 19; Acts 
18:26. Titus, Gal. 2:1; 2 Cor. 7:6-8, 13; 8:6, 16, 17; 



KAPPA SIGMA PI 117 

Titus 1:5; 3: 12; 2 Tim. 4: 10. Mark, Acts 13: 13; 15: 
37f; Col. 4:10; 2 Tim. 4:11. 

Ephesus conditions and experiences, Acts 19: If; 
20:31, 20, 21, 27, 34; Rom. 15:19. Baptists. Length 
and result of his stay. Second visit to Europe, Acts 
20:1-17. Last journey to Jerusalem, Acts 20:22, 38f; 
Rom. 15:3; Acts 21:12-14. Collections for the poor. 
Trouble to Corinth. Macedonia and Achaia. The 
journey. In Jerusalem again for the last time. Acts 
21 : 17f. His concession to Jewish prejudice in the temple 
of worship, Rom. 15:31; 14:21; Acts 21:24, 26. As- 
saulted, Acts 21:27-31. Saved by Roman soldiers, 
Acts 21:31f. Speech from Castle stairs. Acts 21:38; 
22:21. Before the Sanhedrin, Acts 22:30; 23:10. 
Conspiracy, Acts 23:12-31. Nephew. Two years in 
prison of Caesarea, Acts 23: 35; 24: 27. Trial and hear- 
ings. Appeals to Csesar, Acts 25: 1-12; 26: 24, 32. Jour- 
ney to Rome in bonds. Acts 27: If. Julius the centurion. 
Luke and Aristarchus. Unusual freedom for a prisoner. 
Ship to Myria in Lycia, Acts 27: 5. Transfers to vessel 
of Alexandria bound for Italy, Acts 27:6. 276 pas- 
sengers and cargo of wheat. Acts 27: 37, 3S. Myria to 
Malta. Fairhaven, Acts 27:8. South wind blowing 
softly. Acts 27: 13. Storm 14 days. Miraculous escape, 
Acts 27: 14-44; 2 Cor. 11: 25. Experience on the island, 
Acts 28: 1-10. Malta to PuteoH, Acts 28: 11-14. Rome, 
Acts 28: 14; Rom. 16: 1-16. Welcome, Acts 28: 15; 17-29. 
Nero's Court, Phil. 1: 13; Philemon 1-13. Col. 4:3, 18; 
Eph. 3: 1-6: 20; 2 Tim. 1: 16. Guarded in his rented 
house. Acts 28: 16. Two years delay of trial. Acts 28: 
30, 31. Acquitted, Acts 25: 26; Philemon 22; Phil. 2: 24; 
1:25. Close of life little known. Scriptural data learned 
mostly from his writings. Probably visited several 



US BOY PROBLEM SOUTD 

of his churches. 1 Tim. 1 : 3: 3: U;4: 13: 2 Tim. 4: 13, 20; 
Titus 1:5; 3; 12. Possibly Spain, Rom. 15: 24. Second 
imprisonment, 2 Tim. 1:12-15; 4:10-16. In need, 2 
Tim. 4: 13, 9, 21. Hopeless, 2 Tim. 4: 7. Trusting God, 
2 Tim. 4:8, 18. Probably beheaded, on Ostian way, at 
Rome, imder Xero, during the period of 65 to 68 A. D. 
Sum up his character and work. His life explained by 
his relation to Jesus. How a hero? How can we be 
like him? 

A List of Bible Questions 

For admission and promotion examinations can readily 
be selected from the important facts as gi^en in these 
outlines. Let each list of ten or twenty questions for 
each of the three i>eriods have their answers found 
readil^^ in these statements or in these Scriptural refer- 
ences. The use of such examinations is not required 
by the order, but is ver\- helpful and strongly advo- 
cated. 



SCHEDULE OF TESTS. 
Points of Honor, Skill, and Merit for Promotion. 

[Optional with each local chapter. To increase interest in the 
work and help Chaplain decide who to recommend for promotion. 
Grade on basis of 100 per cent; to 5 on each point, 70 per cent to 
pass. Use as an assistance not a substitute for personal evangelism.] 

From First to Second Degree. 
Physical. 

Age 13 years, and over. 

1 — Erect carriage. 

2 — Personal appearance and cleanliness. 

3 — Health — Physical examination. 

4 — Walk continuously five miles. 

5 — Tie four different standard knots. 

6 — Pull-ups, 6 to 12 times. 

7 — High jump, 3 to 4 feet. 

8 — ^Track half a mile In thirty minutes, or describe 
seventy per cent of the contents of a des- 
ignated store display window observed for 
one minute. 

9 — Lay and light a fire, using not more than two 
matches. 
10 — Swim at least ten yards (or substitute running 
test.) 



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Moral. 

1 — Savings bank account of $1 to $10. 

2 — Show written statement of parent that home 
duties are satisfactorily done. 

3 — Prove that you do not use tobacco in any form 
or degree. 

4 — Pass examination on the Hfe of Paul up to and 
including his conversion. 

5 — Give per cent of time you attended Sunday 
school. 

6 — Deportment in club, Sunday school, and general. 

7 — ^Attendance at club meetings. Statement from 
Scribe. 

8 — ^Active club service as officer or committees or 
helping weak members, etc. 

9 — Bringing in new members. 

10 — Courtesy and congeniality. 



SCHEDULE OF TESTS. 

For Promotion from Second to Third Degree. 

Grade to 5 points on each test and basis of 100. 

Physical. 

Age 16 years, and over. 

1 — Physical examination on health and appearance. 

2 — Continuous walk of 10 miles. 

3 — High jump 4 ft., 6 in. 

4 — Hundred yard dash 13 to 11 seconds. 

5 — Swimming 80 yards. (Substitute, if physically 
unable, rowing of boat or paddling canoe.) 

6 — Swimming on back for 40 yards, or floating 
10 minutes. 

7 — Splice a rope successfully. 

8 — Produce some handicraft of your own work. 

9 — Cook satisfactorily two out of the following 
dishes: Porridge, bacon or eggs, hunter's 
stew, or dress and cook a wild animal or 
bird. 

10 — Describe or show the proper means for saving 
life as instructed in "First Aid to Wounded,'* 
two of the designated following accidents: 
Fire, drowning, runaway horse, sewer gas, 
ice-breaking, or bandage to cut. 
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KAPPA SIGMA PI 123 

NOTE. 

To prepare in First Aid to the Injured, a doctor or 
other quahfied instructor should be called upon to give 
a definite course of study and practice. It should be 
remembered that this course will not prepare for expert 
service, but can be made very useful in case cf accident, 
or emergency. The American Red Cross and the In- 
ternational Committee Y. M. C. A. have prepared a 
course which can be safely followed. And, upon passing 
the regular examination, a joint certificate of these or- 
ganizations may be secured. Write the Educational 
Department of the International Committee of the 
Y. M. C. A., 124 East Twenty-eighth Street, New York. 



Moral. 

1 — ^Savings bank account of $5 to $50. 

2 — Prove that you do not have any detrimental 

habits or associations to injure your health 

or character. 
3 — Pass examination on the life of Paul from time 

of conversion to his heroic death. 
4 — Give per cent of time you attend Public Worship. 
5 — Deportment in club, church, and general. 
6 — Attendance at club meetings. 
7 — Services for the good of the order. 
8 — Show record of school or employment. 
9^Examination in some branch of nature study, 

as birds, animals, trees, stars, etc. 
10 — Knowledge of the things of the Kingdom of 

Christ in general, and the spirit and purpose 

of the Kappa Sigma Pi in particular. 



OUTDOOR WORK— SUMMER SEASON. 

Ball Games are dear to the heart of most boys. Sched- 
ules can be arranged for them under moral and whole- 
some influences. Ball games between chapters or Sunday 
school classes are easily arranged. It will do preachers, 
teachers, and parents good to attend these games, and 
will at least do no harm to the .boys to have them there. 
A little time spent in this way may save some heart- 
aches later in life. 

Field Day contests may likewise be utilized for the 
good of the boys and the influence of the organization. 

Nature Study. — Excursions to the woods, hills, sea- 
shore, or rivers early in the morning, after school, or in 
vacation with one or more of the "Nature Books" listed 
in the closing pages of this Manual, will help the boys 
to get close to the heart of nature and better understand 
the God of nature, and at the same time help the chaplain 
to get closer to the heart of the boys. 

Military Camp. 

Camping and Scouting. — Where \^ou have twenty 
or more boys to go, military camping is a strong and 
practical feature. Our chaplains are conducting them 
with increasing appreciation of their value. You will 
learn a boy by camping with him out in the woods or 
on a stream or lake, away from^ home for a week or 
more, better than any way of which I know. 

$3.00 per week each for 25 or 50 generally covers 

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KAPPA SIGMA PI 125 

all expenses unless car fare Is too large an Item or a fash- 
ionable resort Is visited. 

The plan Is for the chaplain to be the Governor who 
appoints from among his boys his military officers, such 
as captain, lieutenant, etc., subject to withdrawal of 
their commissions when they are unable to carry out the 
discipline established in council. 

Daily morning worship and council establish rules 
and plan for the day. Court martial follows If officers 
have charges against any for breach of discipline. Guards 
are usually established and a picket line protects the camp 
day and night. No firearms are used. No boy Is allowed 
to leave' camp without permission on written pass lim- 
ited in distance and time. A group of boys may go out 
to fish or play If under a petty officer, who is responsible 
for their safe return at stated time. 

The only employe is a good cook. Well cooked and 
substantial meals served regularly are absolutely essen- 
tial. The boys are detailed to do needed work in their 
turn. Beds must be aired and made dry. Cots or 
straw-ticks on boards in tents are used. Some chapters 
dress in khaki uniform, and have their brass band give 
daily concerts In camp. The dress Is economy. The band 
is a luxury. 

Immorality or breaking of fraternal vow is considered 
a case for the hospital staff. The surgeon who cares for 
scratches and bruises treats such cases as wounded 
soldiers. The enemy within has wounded such a knight, 
and he is treated according to the seriousness of the 
case. Remedies: Rest In bed. Bread and water diet. 
Forbidden to swim. For bad words: Wash out his mouth 
with soap and water, etc. 



126 BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 

Indian or Scout Camp. 

In small groups of six to twenty boys the military 
form Is unnecessary and awkward, and the simpler rule 
of a chief or two in Indian or Scout fashion Is more prac- 
tical. However, there must be some simple rules and 
discipline or the camp will be a failure. It Is better to 
have some definite plan and purpose In going. To ex- 
plore some territory, or study nature In some field of 
science, or establish some records in physical contests, 
etc. Take along books on nature study and "The Book of 
Camping and Woodcraft," by Horace Kephart (Outing, 
1908). 

Campground. — In deciding where to camp the im- 
portant thing is to have a dry, level ground near good 
water for drinking and cooking, and near good wood 
for your fire. If you take horses, you will need pasture. 
A lake or stream of water Is most desirable, as all the 
boys will agree, even if some of the parents will object. 
Proper discipline and rules will reduce the danger from 
bathing. It is almost a crime for a boy not to know 
how to swim. Better teach him and be done with it- 
Indians usually set their camps to face the east with 
hill or forest to break the winds on west and north, and 
so they can get the morning sun and afternoon shade. 
It should be near the boating and bathing place. 

Tents — Tepees. — There is such a large variety of 
tents on the market that we have not the space to describe 
them. Your nearest dealer will give you full information. 
If not, write The M. C. Lilley Co., Columbus, Ohio, for 
catalogue. A 10 x 12 -foot wall tent of 10 oz. army duck, 
double-filled, stained brown or green in dull shade, is 
best. Two of these will accommodate ten boys easily, 



KAPPA SIGMA PI 127 

or one about twice this size will answer almost as well. 
The Indian tepee is made by tying from four to ten 
poles together at the smaller ends, standing them up and 
spread out the other ends to form the floor lines, upon 
which is stretched the canvas, cut and sewed to fit, 
leaving a flap for door and a small one near the top for 
smoke or ventilation. It is made secure from winds 
by attaching a rope from the cross tie of the poles to 
a stake driven in the center of the floor space, and by 
pegging down the canvas at the sides. 

Most boys prefer 10-foot tepees because they are 
easier to make and handle. (A 20-foot tepee will be large 
enough for ten boys.) The raw material ought not to cost 
but four or five dollars, and the boys can make them 
themselves with a little assistance at home. 

Take 22 square yards of canvas, or other material, and 
sew it together 10 x 20 feet. Lay it down on the floor 
and mark it off as follows: Find the middle of one 20 ft. 
side. With this for the center, and a cord and pencil 
for compass, draw a semi-circle with the ends of this 
side and the middle of the opposite side as extreme 
points. When this circular line is cut the half-circular 
part will be the body of your tepee cover and the two 
corner parts will be large enough from which to cut your 
smoke flaps. The center point from which you drew your 
half circle is the point that goes at the top of the poles. 
Smoke holes are made here by cutting little V shape open- 
ings and sewing on the flaps to cover them. 

A strong cord is used to lace up the door and small 
rope bound into the bottom edge so the peg anchor 
ropes may not tear out. Twelve cane or straight poles 
are needed for this size. Dig a 6 to 8 inch ditch so to drain 
off the water. 



128 BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 

Signs and Signalling. 

Shake a blanket — I want to talk to you. 

Hold up a tree branch — I want to make peace. 

Hold up a weapon — I am ready to fight. 

Hold up a pole horizontally — I have found something. 

Hold up a vessel — ^Will you have a drink. 

Hold it upside down — We are without water. 

Trails: 

A small stone on a larger one marks a trail. 

Another stone laid by the side of the larger one tells 
the direction to turn. A third stone on top indicates 
danger — caution. 

Break a tw^ig or limb of a tree in the middle into a 
V shape and lay it on the ground with the point of the 
break pointing forward means, "This is my trail." 

A twig laid with butt end pointing to right or left 
means, "Turn in this direction." 

A twig laid with butt supported with fork of erect 
sapling or stick means "Danger — caution." 

Blazed Trees. 

A single blaze on the trunk of a tree means "This 
is the trail." 

A second blaze pointing down to side means "Turn 
this way." 

Three blazes in perpendicular line means "Danger." 
One long perpendicular blaze with another to one side 
a little lower means "Camp this way." 

Smoke and Fire Signals: 

Indians and army scouts since ancient times used 
these signs more or less, A bright fire is built and then. 



KAPPA SIGMA PI 129 

smothered with green stuff so as to produce a thick 
column of smoke. 

One column means simply — Camp is here. 

Two columns means — I am lost. 

Three columns in a row means — Good news. 

Four columns is a call to council. 

By means of a wet blanket other signals are made, 
such as — 

Two short puffvS — All is well. 

Three puffs in slow succession — Go ahead. 

A succession of small puffs, half dozen in number — 
Come here. 

The Morse telegraph code can be used by covering 
the smoke with a wet blanket, then removing it for a 
second for a dot. Cover it four seconds for a space. 
Uncover three seconds for a dash. 

The Morse alphabet is as follows: 

A.— B— ... C — . — . D— .. E. F .. — . 

G . H .... I .. J . K— .— L .— .. 

M N— . O P. -. Q .— 

R .— . S ... T— U .. V ...— W .— — X— ..— 
Y— . Z .. 

Abbreviations are IMI, repeat; AAA, full stop; MM, 
code flag; G, go on; MG, wait; RT, right; WW, annul, 
etc. 

Fire is used at night with the same codes produced 
by hiding the fire with the blanket before it. 

The Watch as a Compass. — Point the hour hand to 

the sun. In the forenoon, half way between the hour hand 

and XII is due south. In the afternoon one must reckon 

half way backward. If it is cloudy, so you can not see 

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130 BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 

the sun, hold a lead pencil or knife blade-point upright 
on your watch dial, and it will cast a shadow, showing 
you where the sun really is, unless the clouds are too 
heavy. 

Measuring Distances. — The height of a tree Is eas- 
ily measured without climbing it when on a level open 
place, by measuring the length of its shadow and compar- 
ing it to your own shadow or a ten-foot pole. If a ten- 
foot pole cast a shadow 20 feet, and the tree cast one 
150 feet, then 20 : 150 :: 10 : x = 75 feet, height of 
the tree. 

If the sun is not shining, set the ten-foot pole up on 
the base level with the tree, at least 100 feet distant. 
Sight with the eye the direct line from the ground over 
the top of the ten-foot pole and top of the tree, and mark 
the ground spot on that line. Measure the distance to 
the foot of the pole and to the foot of the tree from that 
spot. Then solve it by proportion of the sides of the tri- 
angles thus formed. If the first distance is 20 feet, and 
the second is 140, then it would be stated as follows: 

20 :10 ::140 : x = 70 feet, height of the tree. 

To measure distance across streams and impassible 
places, also use the triangle principle. 

A right-angle triangle may be made by driving 
three stakes at distances 6, 8, and 10 feet (or given units). 
Cut three sticks to fit the sides. The angle opposite the 
10 foot side must be a right-angle. After firmly fixing 
the right-angle, cut down the 8 foot side to 6, and cut 
down the 1.0 foot side to fit without disturbing the 
right-angle, and tie ends securely. Place this triangle 
with one 6 foot side pointing to some object on 
opposite bank and the other parallel with this bank. 
Now drive three pegs to mark the corners established, 



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and take your triangle along the bank In line with the 
pegs until you are In line with the sight object on the 
opposite bank, looking over the long side of the triangle 
while a short side Is In line with peg of the right-angle 
point before established. The distance from the farthest 
point of this triangle to the farthest point of the other 
along the shore is the distance across the stream from 
the right-angle peg to the sight object. 

Walking briskly, a man steps usually one yard. He 
can walk 3 to 3^ miles an hour on good roads. 

When going thru strange forests or country do not 
be alarmed If you get lost. Avoid it by carefully noting 
the general lay of the land and marking your trail. 
Always carry knife, matches, and compass. Climb a 
tree or hill and look for a familiar landmark or smoke. 
Shout, or If you have a gun, shoot it off twice in quick 
succession. After failing to attract attention in a reason- 
ably long time, send up your distress signal by building 
two smoke fires 15 feet to 25 feet apart. Those in camp 
should, if they see it, respond by sending up their single 
column smoke, "Camp is here." When you leave, see 
that your fire will not spread and mark your trail so 
you can return. If necessary, to this spot. 

For Scouting Games, etc., send 25 cents in stamps to 
the Boy Scouts of America, 124 E. 28th St., New York 
City, and get the Hand Book. 



STEPS TO HELP ORGANIZE CHAPTERS FOR 

OTHERS. 

Each chapter is a center of fraternal hght and in- 
fluence — boys will show their badge and talk, and others 
will want you to help them if you are working the plan. 

Give them such literature and information as you 
can without betraying the confidential work, and send 
us their name and address so we can send them liter- 
ature and letter, or if they are ready have them send 
the fee and application for charter and outfit; we will 
refer them to their nearest chapter for help in starting 
the work, or to yourself. You have no right to loan or 
sell rituals, etc., or organize others until they have 
charter of their own. 



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CO-OPERATING ORGANIZATIONS. 



PI SIGMA, OR PAULINE SISTERS. 



A Girls' Sisterhood. 

There is a demand from some Churches which have 
no organization for girls, such as the Junior Missionary 
Societies, that we provide an organization to afhhate 
with the Kappa Sigma Pi, and Hke it in character. 
Therefore we have provided this Order for girls that they 
may not be neglected in our more strenuous effort for 
boys. It is modeled somewhat after the Boys' Brother- 
hood, and is graded to suit the ages and development 
of Christian character. 

Charters and supplies are issued only to distinctly 
religious institutions, like Churches, Sunday school, 
Y. W. C. A., etc. 

An intelligent consecrated Christian woman must 
assume the position of Worthy Matron, which is same 
as Chaplain for Boys' Order. Teachers of girls' classes 
are using this plan to get every member saved. 

The boys and girls must meet separately, except when 
joint meetings are arranged for special occasions, such 
as Installation Ceremony, or other open meetings. 

The forms for organizing, the constitution and by- 
laws, and various activities are given in the rituals pre- 
pared and printed for each degree. Write to the Grand 
Chaplain for information and supplies. 

The details and plans are a counterpart, as far as 
possible, of the Boys' Work. 

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DEGREES. 

First Degree — or Order of Jerusalem. 

Girls over nine years of age pledged to be true to 
home-folks and duties; to attend Sunday school regu- 
larly: when properly recommended by the pastor or 
the matron in charge, and elected by two- thirds majority 
vote, can be initiated into this order. The initiation 
is associated with the sister of Paul and home life. 



Second Degree — or Order of Philippi. 

Girls over twelve years of age who have accepted 
Christ and pledge to confess Him on all reasonable oc- 
casions and ways, including membership in the Young 
People's Society or Church. The initiation is associated 
with Lydia of Philippi and her welcome to the Gospel. 



Third Degree — or Order of Corinth. 

Girls over fifteen years of age. Girls who are com- 
mitted to the service of the Church, found faithfully 
at the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, interested in 
personal evangelism, Home and Foreign Missions, may 
be, when properly qualified, initiated into this Apos- 
tolic Circle. This initiation is associated with Priscilla 
and the spread of the Gospel. 



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THE SENIOR BROTHERHOOD. 

The Brotherhood movement is gathering momentum 
daily, and all manner of men's clubs are being organized 
in the Churches. This activity indicates the present 
demand for something of the kind in modern Church 
life. There is often found zeal without knowledge and 
the results are not always satisfactory or permanent. 

A Brotherhood that tries to introduce another 
prayer meeting into the calendar of the Church, or is 
satisfied with an occasional address and banquet, is 
not likely to justify itself as a real Brotherhood. 

If you call it a Brotherhood, why not make it one in 
fact. We can furnish you a ritual for a nominal fee that 
can be adapted to any denomination and will inject 
into your members the real fraternal spirit which is the 
highest type of Christianity and will be a means of at- 
tracting men from without the Church as no other single 
feature. When Kappa Sigma Pi boys grow up they will 
demand it. It can be carried out in the social room of 
the Church. It can be made simple and easy or em- 
bellished to suit the convenience of each chapter. 

We have no provision for charters and no inter- 
ference with the denominational Brotherhood associ- 
ations and rules. 

A set of rituals are sent for prescribed confidential 
use, registered with the name of pastor or president who 
is responsible for their proper use, and subject to recall 
when necessary for their protection or improvement. 
The fee is llfor first copy, or $3 for set of eight. 

137 



THE FIRST DEGREE— THE COVENANTERS. 

This Is an Old Testament degree, which teaches the 
covenant relation between Jehovah and man, with a 
ceremony as beautiful and impressive as is found any- 
where. 

A reasonable amount of fun may be introduced of 
the kind that is clean, wholesome, and divine. It is 
usually required that those who join are members of 
your particular Church or not members of any other 
Church in your vicinity. 

The non-Church members who join are led by the 
logic of their first step and the influence of Christian 
brothers in the club to commit themselves fully to the 
life and membership of the Church. 

THE SECOND DEGREE— OR THE ORDER OF 
THE APOSTLES. 

This degree is reserved for those who are Christians 
and members of the Church of Jesus Christ. 

The work is based on the New Testament and the 
life and teachings of the Apostles is portrayed in the 
ceremony. 

The desire to advance to this degree opens the way 
for Christians to do personal evangelistic work among the 
non-Christians of the first degree. The Christian fel- 
lowship that is established and the teachings of Christ 
that are impressively given amply justify the use of 
these rituals. 

The second degree rituals are bound separately and 
sent on same conditions as the first. 

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SUPPLIES. 

Please send money order or draft in advance. For 
less than $1 two-cent stamps are acceptable. For all 
supplies address D. H. Jemison, Grand Chaplain, 222 
Fourth Ave., West, Cincinnati, Ohio, U. S. A. Cable 
address, "Kappa." We use the "Western Union" 
code. 

Printed Matter. 

Postpaid to any part of the world. 

Manuals per copy $ . 50 

Membership Application blanks, 4x5, Pad of 50, 
postpaid, 25 cents; Pad of 100, 40 cents. 

Membership Cards, Pack of 50, postpaid, 25 cents, 
or 100 for 40 cents. Purser's Warrant, 3x8, Pad of 50, 
postpaid, 25 cents, or 100 pad, 40 cents. 

Scribe's record book for 60 meetings and 100 mem- 
bers, cloth bound, indexed $ .25 

Purser's record book for 60 months and 100 mem- 
bers, cloth bound, indexed 25 

Agreement Blanks for Uniforms, Pad of 50 25 

Under Ten Pledge Cards, 25 for 12 cents, or 100 for 
40 cents. 

Credit schedule cards, 9x 12 inches, for posting or 

hanging in club-room Each . 10 

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140 BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 



KAPPA SIGMA PI BANNERS. 

No. 1. 

Shield-shaped Banner, size, 18 x 24, made of good 
quaHty satin, official red with the white 
Greek letters and cross, silicia back, trimmed 
with gilt lace around the edges and with one 
and one-half inch gilt fringe thereon, with 
brass-covered rod at top, mounted on staff 
with spear top, packed in good order ready 
for shipping by express or otherwise $4 . 00 



No. 2. 

Banner as above like illustration, but with finer 

satin 4 . 40 



No. 3. 

Banner of extra fine satin, trimmed with gilt laces, 

two-inch fringe and as above 5 . 00 

Note. — Number of the chapter can be added to 
these banners, and will cost ten cents per letter. 



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BANNERS. 

Numbers 1, 2, and 3. 



142 BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 



No. 10. 

Banner, 20 x 30 inches, as illustrated on opposite 
page, made of good quality satin, silicia 
back, trimmed with gilt laces, one and one- 
half inch gilt fringe on the bottom, with three 
nice tassels. Banner to be suspended from 
brass-covered cross bar, having metal ends, 
cord over top with tassels to hand at side. 
Mounted on staff with spear top. The 
name, number, and location of the chapter 
as well as the emblem painted thereon .... $5 . 70 



No. 11. 
Banner of finer satin and trimmed . 6 . 40 

No. 12. 

Banner of extra fine satin, trimmed with fine gilt 

laces and a two-inch fringe 6 . 95 



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BANNERS. 
Numbers 10, 11, and 12. Staff is omitted in picture. 



144 



BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 



Badges. 



Kin 



V 



Round celluloid emblems, button shanks or pins, 
3-5 or 5-8 inches, 5 cents each; Dozen 25 cents; 25 at 
2 cents each; 100 lots at $1.75, postpaid. 

Golden Enamel Badges, 1-2 x 3-8 inches, button 
shank or pin clasp, 25 cents each, or $2.75 per dozen, 
postpaid. 

Special emblem charms and ornaments in separate 
list, showing rank of degrees and officers, in preparation. 




Pennant. 

Red, white, and gold. 

1 Stamped felt 8" x 24'' $.25 each or $2.40 per doz. 

2 Sewed felt 12''x30" $.50 each or $5.00 per doz. 

3 Spalding's 15 x 30 , extra quality, 

$.75 each or $7.50 per doz. 
Special sizes and designs made to order. 



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Coronet Front for Officers, covered with red ma- 
terial, with rubber band, emblem on front, gilt Greek 
letters and name of office white. 

9 Covered with satin, set of 10 $3 50 

10 Covered with fine satin, set of 10 4 00 

11 Covered with extra fine satin, per set of 10. . . . 4 80 

12 Covered with silk, set of 10 6 00 

See photo of officers chapter No. 3, Circleville, page 69, 



Regalia, paraphernalia, costumes, etc., have been 
provided for making the degree work more elaborate 
when wanted, and are listed in the rituals or catalogues 
are sent on request to chaplains, who have established 
degrees which may use them. 



BALLOT BOXES, 




l\\ |v— s?*?***^ 



IK Sliding top, as Illustrated, each .....$ 50 

6K Semi-secret, Oak or Walnut, lined, each 1 00 



146 BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 

OFFICERS' GAVELS. 




19K to 23K. 

19K Gavel, of Oak or Walnut, each $0 20 

20K Gavel, of Rosewood or Cocobolo, each 45 

2 IK Gavel, of Rosewood, with Walnut handle, 

each 35 

22K Gavel, of Ebony, each 75 

23 K Gavel, of Rosewood, large size, each 1 00 



GAVEL BLOCKS. 




S3 K Solid Walnut block, on which to strike gavel ; 
size, 5 inches square and 2 inches thick; pol- 
ished except on bottom, which Is covered 
with cloth, each $ 50 

34K Marble block; 5 inches square and 2 inches 
thick ; polished on all sides except on the bot- 
tom, which Is covered with cloth, each. ... 1 30 



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FLAGS, WITH STAND. 




Height, including 

pole, stand and 

eagle, 7^ feet. 



Price of outfit, complete Flag 
fastened to the staff with blue rib- 
bons, cords, and tassels, metal eagle, 
staff or pole 7 feet high, with folding 
stand : 

No. 1154K U. S. Bunting, 30 x 

48, each $4 50 

No. 1155K Silk, 32 x 48, each. . 6 00 
No. 1156K Sewed Silk, 32 x 48, 
embroidered stars, silk rib- 
bons, extra fine, each 18 00 



148 BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 

FLAGS. 

It is very desirable that every chapter have its flag, 
or flags. For we ought to be decidedly patriotic and 
do what we can to cultivate a true spirit of patriotism 
for our country without thought of antagonism to any 
other. Those who love their own country best are 
best able to appreciate the worth and rights of other 
countries, so we advise each chapter to have a flag of 
the country in which it exists, that the boys may see 
it and salute it as seems best and appropriate to the 
Chaplain in charge. The national colors to adorn the 
walls of the club room and be unfurled in every Kappa 
Sigma Pi camp or gathering. 

The flag of every nation in which there is a chapter 
of the Kappa Sigma Pi must be unfurled in our General 
Council and important assemblages. 

Because in some places the local dealers may not 
be able to supply you with the kind you need we list 
the following: 

BUNTING FLAGS— MOUNTED. 

1149K U. S. Flag, all wool bunting, U. S. Army 
size, 52 X 66 inches, trimmed with worsted 
bullion fringe, worsted cord and tassels, 
mounted on hardwood polished ash staff, 
metal eagle top with belt and holster, each . .$7 50 

1150K U. S. all wool bunting Flag, same as 1149K, 

but with silk fringe, silk cord and tassels, each 8 60 

1145K U. S. Flag, all wool, fast color, bunting 
Flag, size 6 x 6^ feet, trimmed with gold 
color silk bullion fringe, large silk tassel. pol- 
ished ash staff, metal eagle or U. S. Spear 
head, holster and belt for carrier (lettering 
extra) , each 1125 



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1146K Same as 1145K, but with our improved 

screw joint pole, each 13 50 

The following Bunting Flags are not mounted. Best 
quality, stitched stars, all-wool double warp navy bunt- 
ing. Prepaid to destination. 

3x2 feet, 13 Stars $ 75 

4 X 2>^ feet, 13 Stars 1 05 

5x3 feet, 45 Stars 1 60 

6x4 feet, 45 Stars 2 15 

8x5 feet, 45 Stars 3 15 

9x6 feet, 45 Stars 4 10 

12 X 6 feet, 45 Stars 5 15 

12x8 feet, 45 Stars 6 65 



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150 BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 



UNIFORMS. 

The Uniforms of blue cloth consist of blouse, made 
of dark blue cloth, neat fitting, made to measure, but- 
toned to neck, with turned down collar, gilt, illuminum, 
or bronze buttons, with stripes on sleeves, of red and 
white, or of red, white, and gold, narrow and modest, 
according to the standard of the degree. The trousers 
made of dark blue cloth, with stripes on outer seams, 
same as on coat sleeve. Cap dark blue cloth, bell 
crown, with strap on front, drooping visor, double or 
tripple stripe around the band, to match the suit, with 
metal emblem on the front. 

PRICE LIST. 

Lined. Unlined. 

Blouse No. 1 cloth $4 95 S4 20 

" No. 2 " 5 25 4 70 

" No. 3 " 5 55 4 85 

" No. 4 " 6 00 5 30 

" No. 5 " 6 65 5 95 

Trousers of No. 1 cloth $3 25 

" No. 2 " 3 70 

'' No. 3 " 3 85 

" No. 4 " 4 15 

" No. 5 " 4 80 

Caps according to cloth, $1.10, $1.25, $1.35, and $1.50 



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152 BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 

KHAKI, OR SERVICE UNIFORM. 

Made after the style that is worn by the U. S. A. 
four pockets on front, with bronze buttons, stripes on 
sleeves and trousers same as blue uniform, are made 
in sizes and boys' sizes are as follows: 

No. 1 Khaki $2 80 

No. 2 " 3 35 

No. 3 " 3 65 

No. 4 " 3 90 

If men's sizes are required, the prices are as fellows: 

No. 1 Khaki $3 20 

No. 2 " 3 80 

No. 3 " 4 10 

No. 4 " 4 45 

HATS. 

Regulation campaign hats which are worn with the 
Khaki uniform, without cords or emblems: 

No. 1 Fair quaUty $1 05 

No. 2 Good quality 1 30 

No. 3 Extra quality 1 70 

HAT CORDS. 

1. Worsted cords 20 cents each, or 85 cents per dozen. 

2. Gilt, 30 cents or $2.95 per dozen. 



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154 



BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 



EMBLEMS FOR HATS. 

Where a larger one is desired than the regular pin 
or button generally used on the lapel of the 
coat, we list a larger one made especially for 
a hat Gold plated screw back 



.55 



RANK INSIGNIA— SHOULDER STRAPS. 






Silver plated, single bar per pair (for appointed offi- 
cers) $ 15 

Silver plated double bars connected, for elected 

officers, per pair 30 

Silver plated leaves, pin back, for Chancellor. Per 

pair . 25 

Gold plated leaves, pin back, for commanding offi- 
cer, such as Chaplain, or the governor In 
Boysville and camp work, per pair 30 



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Musician No. 1. 

Shoulder straps, red or white field, gilt metal 
border with gilt metal lyre in center. Per 
pair $.60 

No. 2. 

Border handsomely embroidered by hand, in gilt 

bullion and with '*L" in center. Per pair. . 1 75 

No. 3. 

The above with the name leader embroidered by 

hand in silver bullion. Per pair 2 00 



OFFICERS. 

No. 4. The name of officers, handwork on the 

shoulder straps same as above. 2 00 

No. 5. Shoulder straps in extra fine gilt bullion, 
embroidered by hand, with the name of 
leader, or other officer, hand embroidered in 
silver. Per pair 3 10 



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BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 




CANfVAS 
PUTTEE 
:M.g.PAT~ 



u~=*- 



LEGGINS. 



Legglns, made of Khaki colored canvas, lace on 

sides. Per pair $ 60 

Leggins, canvas, puttee style. Per pair 1 25 



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SHIRTS. 

No. 1. Shirts of dark blue flannel, good quality, 

fast color. Each $2 45 

No. 2. Shirt of gray flannel. West Point regula- 
tion. Best 2 65 

No. 3. Shirt of olive drab flannel, fine quality. . . 2 85 

No. 4. Shirt of blue chambray, fine quality 1 00 

No. 5. Same of tan chambray 1 00 



158 BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 

OFFICIAL WORSTED JERSEYS. 

For Kappa Sigma Pi Athletic teams and individual 
members; with special monogram or official emblem or 
Greek letters sewed in appropriate size and style on the 
front. Must be ordered through Grand Chaplain's 
office, but arrangements have been made for filling 
order through the larger distributing houses of the A. G. 
Spalding & Bros. They guarantee the very best 
quality. Sizes, 28 to 44 inch chest carried in stock. 
Two inches are allowed for stretch. 





No. lOK Special quality worsted, fashioned solid 
color, red unless specified with K. S. P. em- 
blems. Each $3 50 

Perdozen 35 00 

No. 12K Good quality worsted, with K. S. P. em- 
blem. Each . 3 00 

Perdozen 30 00 

Emblems only which you may prefer to sew on 
cheaper Jerseys, Red shield, with white Greek letters 
and cross, 7 inch, 50 cents or $5 per dozen; 4 inch, 40 
cents or $4 per dozen. 

Greek letters — White sent unless color is designated, 
5 or 6 inch, per set of 3, 45 cents; per dozen sets, $4.50, 
postpaid. 



NOTES AND BOOKS. 



K. S. P. BIBLE STUDY HELPS. 

From a list of books on the life and times of St. Paul we quote the 
following: 

Net Postpaid 

Ramsey : St. Paul the Traveler and Roman Citizen .... $3 . 00 $3.25 

Conybeare and Howson : Life and Epistles of St. Paul .75 .88 

Stalker: Life of St. Paul 48 .55 

Farrar: Life and Works of St. Paul $1 . 58 1 . 72 

Taylor: Paul the Missionary 50 .60 

Speer; Paul the All- Round Man 50 .50 

Speer : Studies of the Man Paul 58 . 65 

Meyer: Paul, a Servant of Jesus Christ 75 .85 

Stevenson: The Children's Paul 85 .85 

Whyte: The Apostle Paul 1 . 00 1 . 00 

Ramsay : The Cities of Paul 3 . 00 3.25 

Weinel: St. Paul the Man and His Work 1 . 50 1 . 68 

Bacon: Story of St. Paul 1 . 50 1 . 65 

Pratt: Life and Epistles of St. Paul 58 .65 

Sell : Bible Studies in Life of Paul 50 .50 

Abbott : Life and Letters of St. Paul 1.20 1.35 

Gilbert : Student Life of Paul .50 .60 

This list is by no means exhaustive, as there are about one 
hundred different works published on the Life and Character of 
St. Paul; but we have made a selection from a full list. Order from 
any bookseller. These prices are quoted by Jennings & Graham, 
220 Fourth Ave., West, Cincinntai, Ohio. 

BOOKS FOR WORKERS WITH BOYS. 

Applied Ideals In Work With Boys. Y. M. C. A. Press. $1. 
Thirteen articles, by different workers, which, though rather 
miscellaneous in content, discuss helpfully some subjects not 
before covered in these little volumes, such as adolescent 
psychology, the "boy scouts," helping unfortunate boys, the 
boy of foreign parentage, the employer of boys. — A. L. A. Book- 
list. 

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162 BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 

Brown — The Young Man's Affairs. Crowell. $1. 

Seven talks from a religious viewpoint about a young man's 
most vital concerns and interests; distinguished by a grasp of 
essentials, sound common sense, and a picrtuesque and humor- 
ous style. — A. L. A. Booklist. 

Building Boyhood: A Book OF Principles. S. S. Times. $L 

Eleven addresses ' delivered at a conference of religious and 
social workers w-ith boys held at Harrisburg, Pa., under the 
auspices of the State Y. M. C. A. They deal with the boys' 
moral and spiritual development and his home, school, and 
Church relationships. . . . helpful and suggestive, es- 
pecially on the religious side. — A. L. A. Booklist. 

Chesley — Social Activities for Men and Boys. Y. M. C. A. 
Press. 
A compilation from many sources of suggestions and expe- 
riences in the social activities of Y. M. C. A. work. Entertain- 
ments of many kinds, both indoors and out, are described; the 
yells and songs used by various Y. M. C. A. chapters are given. 
. . . A useful book for social workers. Bibliography and 
satisfactory index. — A. L. A. Booklist. 

Fiske — Boy Life and Self-Government. Y. AL C. A.Press. Si. 

A sane and original discussion of the boy problem, with sug- 
gestions and conclusions drawn from work with boys in the 
Y. M. C. A. The normal boy, not the juvenile delinquent, is 
the subject. The book is one of the most valuable published 
recently. — A. L. A. Booklist. 

FoRBUSH — The Boy Problem. Pilgrim Press. $L 

This has long been a standard book on the various phases of 
the boy's relationships. One chapter is devoted to the boy's 
relationship to the Church. — Notes and Books in Foster — The 
Boy and the Church. 

FoRBUSH — Church Work With Boys. Pilgrim Press. 50 cents. 
Practical chapters on the principles of Church work with boys; 
how to teach a boys' Sunday school class; how to conduct a 
Church boys' club; the work of men with boys, etc. . . . 
His attitude towards amusements is especially broad-minded 
and sensible. Each chapter ends with hints for self-study and 
suggestions for further reading. — A, L. A. Booklist. 



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Foster — The Boy and the Church. S. S. Times. 75 cents. 

An unsentimental but sympathetic study of the boy from twelve 
to sixteen "already under religious training," inquiring into 
the efficiency of the Church in its relations with various aspects 
of boy life, and offering practical suggestions for influencing 
his spiritual growth and keeping him in touch with the Church. 
Appendix contains an annotated list of studies on adolescent 
boyhood and a list of boys' clubs. — A. L. A. Booklist. 

Fowler — Starting in Life; What Each Calling Offers Am- 
bitious Boys and Young Men. Little. $1.50. 
Discusses professions and occupations, the determining con- 
ditions and necessary preparations for entering each career, 
also its advantages and disadvantages. . . . Excellent, 
practical book, reassuring on some points and disillusioning 
on others. — A. L. A. Booklist. 

Gunckel — Boyville: A History of Fifteen Years' Work 
Among Newsboys. Toledo Newsboys' Association. 75c. 

Hall — From Youth Into Manhood. Y. M. C. A. Press. 50 cents. 
Designed to instruct boys from eleven to fifteen in the elements 
of sexual physiology and hygiene. The treatment is direct, 
dignified, and free from exaggeration, sentimentality, or morbid 
suggestion ; the facts as presented are based on the latest findings 
of medical science. The book meets a definite need. . . . 

— A. L. A. Booklist, 

Merrill — Winning the Boy. Revell. 75 cents. 

This is a thoroughly readable and interesting statement of 
certain principles which should govern the adult's dealing with 
the boy. The book frequently takes the form of anecdote, 
and will be enjoyed by either the parent or the teacher. 
— Notes and Books in Foster — the Boy and the Church. 

Rollins — What Can a Young Man Do? Little. $L50. 

Designed to aid a young man in the selection of a calling, this 
book contains a vast amount of actual, definite advice about 
things one naturally wishes to know. While many books of 
advice have been written, this one possesses distinctive features, 
more especially its practical information concerning new open- 
ings for work and definite instruction about entering them. 

— Publisher's Note. 



164 BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 

Russell — Working Lads' Clubs. Macmillan. $1.50. 

Clear, full, and valuable study of boys' clubs in industrial 
centers. Though English, it offers excellent suggestions for all 
social workers. — A. L. A. Booklist. 

SissoN — The Essentials of Character. Macmillan. %\. 

A practical and scholarly study of character building in edu- 
cation. Though of value primarliy to educators, the work is 
so clear and readable that parents and general readers will 
find it interesting nad helpful. . . . — A. L. A. Booklist. 

BOOKS FOR BOYS. 

(Prepared with the assistance of Mary E. Wilder, Circleville Public 

Library.) 

We are all taught to read, but here the matter frequently 
ends, for we are not taught what to read. Reading has, in the past, 
been a ''buzruy" to many; it is becoming a necessity for all. Right 
reading is the greatest factor in education. In this day of Public 
Libraries all can be in touch with these Universities of the people. 
The Library may be your college; it can help you to be m.ore efficient. 

Find out what the libraries in your vicinity have to offer you, 
and make use of the resources at your comm.and. Do not buy 
books at random; before purchasing a book know that it is worth 
while and the best book to be had for your particular need. 

Magazine articles on the subjects in which you are interested 
m.ay be found by consulting Poclc's Index and the Reader's Guide 
to Periodical Literature. 

STORIES. 

Alden, W. L. — Moral Pirates 

(Vacation adventures on the Hudson River.) 
Aldrich, T. B. — Story of a Bad Boy. 

(Boy Life in New England Sea-Port Town, 
Pranks and Adventures.) 
Allen, W. B. — Navy Blue. (Story of Annapolis.) 
Baldwin, James — Fifty Famous Stories Retold. 

(Historical and legendary Tales.) 



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Barbour, R. H. — Half Back — (Preparatory school and first year 

at Harvard.) 
Brooks, Noah — Boy Emigrants. (Adventures on the plains in 

early California days.) 
Brown, A. F. — John of the Woods. (Poetic story.) 
BuTTERWORTH, Hezekiah — In the Boyhood of Lincoln. 
Clemens, S. L. (Mark Twain) — Tom Sawyer. 

The Prince and the Pauper. 
(Prince and street waif change 
places.) 
Defoe, Daniel — Robinson Crusoe. 
Dodge, M. M. — Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates. 

(Holland life and skating adventures.) 
Eggleston, Edward — Hoosier School-Boy. (Boy life in early 

Indiana.) 
Fox, John, Jr. — Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come. 

(Boy's life in Kentucky during Civil War.) 
French, Allen — Junior Cup. (Boys' summer camp.) 
Garland, Hamlin — Boy Life on the Prairie. 

(Pioneer life in Iowa.) 
Gordon, C. W. — Glengarry School Days. 

(Story of Canadian backwoods.) 
Hale, E. E. — Man Without a Country. 

(One of the best stories of patriotism ever written.) 
Hamblen, H. E. — We Win. (Railroad story.) 
Hough, Emerson — Young Alaskans. (Adrift in a dory on coast 

of Alaska.) 
Hughes, Rupert — Lakerim Athletic Club. (Club of twelve boys 

who play foot ball, golf, and other games.) 
Hughes, Thomas — Tom Brown's School Days. (Story of English 

school life.) 
Janvier, T. A. — Aztec Treasure House. (Search for hidden treas- 
ure in Mexican mountains.) 
JOHNSON; Rossiter — Phaeton Rogers. (A boy inventor and the 

scrapes his inventions got him into.) 
Kaler, James Otis — Toby Tyler; or Ten Weeks With a Circus. 
King, Charles — Cadet Days. (West Point Life.) 
Kipling, Rudyard — Captains. Courageous. (Fishing schooner life 
on the Newfoundland banks as seen by a boy 
washed overboard from an Atlantic liner.) 

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166 BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 

MoRLEY, M. W. — Donkey John of the Toy Valley. (Life of the 

toy-carvers in the valley of the Tyrolese.) 
MuNROE, Kirk — Campmates. (A story of the plains.) 

Fur Seal's Tooth. (Shipwreck on an island in 
Behring Sea.) 
Pyle, Howard — ^Jack Ballister's Fortune. (Adventures with 

pirates.) 
Rice, A. C. H. — Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. 
Stevenson, R. L. — Treasure Island. (Search for hidden Treasure.) 
Stein, Evaleen — Gabriel and the Hour Book. (The making of 

books in a monastery of old Normandy.) 
Stowe, H. B. — Uncle Tom's Cabin. 
Trowbridge, J. T. — Tinkham Brothers' Tide Mill. (Five plucky 

boys who support their mother.) 
Verne, Jules — Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. (Trip 

in a submarine boat.) 
Wyss, J. D. — Swiss Family Robinson. (Story of a shipwrecked 

family.) 
Zollinger, GuLiELMA^The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys. (How an 

Irish widow and her seven sons got along 
in the world.) 



Myths, Legends, and Wonder Stories. 

Anderson, H. C. — Fairy Stories. 

Arabian Nights — Edited by E. E. Hale — Another edition by 

Andrew Lang. 
Baldwin, James — ^The Horse Fair. Story of Roland. Story of 

the Golden Age. 
Church, A. J. — Stories from Homer. 
Clark, M — Story of JEneas. 

Grimm, J. L. & W. K. — German Household Tales. 
Harris, J. C. — Uncle Remus. (Negro folk tales.) 
Hawthorne, Nathaniel — Tanglewood Tales. Wonder Book. 

(Mythological stories.) 
Kingsley, Charles — Greek Heroes. 
Lang, Andrew — Book of Romance. Blue Fairy Book. 
Mabie, H. W. — Norse Stories Retold from the Eddas. 
Malory, Sir Thomas — Knightly Legends. 



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Morris, Charles — King Arthur. 

Pyle, Howard — Some Merry Adventures of Robin Hood. 

Raspe, R. E. — Tales from the Travels of Baron Munchausen. 

RusKiN, John — King of the Golden River. 

Stockton, F. R. — Fanciful Tales. 

Tappan, E. M. — Robin Hood, His Book. 



Books of Travel and Adventure. 

Aaron, Eugene Murray — Butterfly Hunters In the Caribbees. 

(Exploring expedition of a naturalist 

and two boys in the Bahamas and West 

Indies.) 

Carpenter, F. G. — Geographical Readers. North America. Asia. 

South America. Africa. Europe. Australia. 

Dana, R. H. — Two Years Before the Mast. (A common sailor in 

the American merchant service.) 
Du Chaillu, p. B. — Land of the Long Night. (Northern Europe.) 
Wild Life Under the Equator. (Tropical 
forests of Africa.) 
Hill, C. T. — Fighting a Fire. (Stories of a fire department.) 
Jenks, Tudor — The Boy's Book of Explorations. 
Know, T. W. — Boy Travelers' Series. (Fifteen volumes. Adven- 
tures in different parts of the world.) 
LuMMis, C. F. — A Tramp Across the Continent. (The diary of a 
man who walked from Ohio to California.) 
Some Strange Corners of Our Country. (South- 
western U. S.) 
MoFFETT, Cleveland — Careers of Danger and Daring. 
Parkman, Francis — The Oregon Trail. (A journey through the 

Northwest in 1847.) 
Roosevelt, Theodore — Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail. 
Spearman, F. H. — Held for Orders. The Nerve of Foley. (Rail- 
road stories.) 
Stockton, F. R. — Personally Conducted. (Travel in Europe.) 
ToMLiNSON, E. T. — Four Boys on the Yellowstone. 
Thompson, A. R. — Gold-seeking on the Dalton Trail. 
Wheeler, Francis Rolt — Boy With the U. S. Survey. 



168 BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 

Indians and Frontier Life. 

Baylor, F. C — Juam and Juanita. (Mexican boy and girl Indians 

- and their escape.) 
Brady, C. T. — Northwestern Fights and Fighters. 
Brooks, E. S. — Master of the Strong Hearts. (Story of Custer's 

last rally.) 
Butterworth, Hezekiah — The Wampum Belt. (A tale of Penn's 

treaty with the Indians.) 
Custer, E. B. — Boots and Saddles. (Story of army life with 

General Custer.) 
Ellis, E. S. — Logan, the Mingo. 
Grinnell, G. B. — Jack, the Young Ranchman. 
Inman, Henry — Ranche on the Ox Hide. (A tale of pioneer days 

in Kansas; Buffalo Bill and General Custer 

appear in the story.) 
JuDD, M. C. — Wigwam Stories told by North American Indians. 
MuNROE, Kirk — At War with Pontiac. 
Snedden, G. S. — Docas, the Indian Boy of Santa Clara. 
Starr, Frederick — American Indians. 
Stoddard, W. O. — Little Smoke. (A tale of the Sioux.) 
Wood, C. S. — On the Frontier with St. Clair. 
Campfires of the Scioto. 

Nature Books. 

Beard, J. C. — Curious Homes and Their Tenants. 

(Homes of crabs, spiders, moles, bees, ants, etc.) 

Ballard, J. P. — Among the Moths and Butterflies. 
(Scientifically accurate, 3'et simple.) 

Blanchard, Neltje (pseud.) — Bird Neighbors. Birds that Every 

Child Should Know. Game Birds. 
Nature's Garden. (An aid to knowl- 
edge of our wild flowers and their 
insect visitors.) 

Burroughs, John — Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers. Wake-robin. 

CoMSTOCK, J. H. — Insect life. 

Cram, W. E. — Little Beasts of Field and Wood. 

Dana, Mrs. F. T. S. — How to Know the Wild Flowers. 



I<:APPA SIGMA PI 169 

DiCKERSON, M. C. — The Frog Book. 

DuGMORE, A. R. — Bird Homes. .^ 

DiTMARS, R. L. — The Reptile Book. 

Gray, Asa — How Plants Grow. 

Gard, M. E. — Mushrooms, (edible and otherwise.) 

Hardy, M. E.— Hall of Shells. 

Henshall, J. A. — Favorite Fish and Fishing. 

Holland, W. J.— Butterfly Book. Moth Book. 

Holder, E. S. — Stories of the Great Astronomers. 

Howard, L. O. — Insect Book. 

Ingersoll, Ernest — Wild Neighbors. (Squirrel, panther, coyote, 

badger, porcupine, skunk, etc.) 
Jordan, D. S. & Evermann, B. W. — American Food and Game 

Fishes. 
Kelley, J. G. — Boy Mineral Collectors. 
Keeler, H. L. — Our Native Trees. 
McCarthy, Eugene — Familiar Fish. 

Marshall, N. E. — Mosses and Lichens. Mushroom Book, 
Merriam, F. a. — Birds Through an Opera Glass. 
Miller, O. T. — First Book of Birds. 
Rogers, J. E. — The Shell Book. The Tree Book. 
Roth, Filibert — First Book of Forestry. 
Serviss, G. p. — Curiosities of the Sky. 
Stone, Witmer and Cram, W. E. — American Animals. 
Wheelock, I. G. — Nestlings of Forest and Marsh. 



Electricity. 

Adams, J. H. — Harper's Electricity Book for Boys. 

Houston, E. J. — Electricity In Every Day Life. (In 3 vols.) 

Meadowcraft, W. H. — A. B. C. of Electricity. 

MuNRO, John — The Story of Electricity. 

Onken, W. H., & Baker, J. B. — Harper's How to Understand 

Electricity. 
Sloane, T. O. — Arithmetic of Electricity. Electricity Simplified. 
St. John, T. M. — How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Ap- 
paratus. 
Things a boy should know about electricity. 
Wittbecker, W. a. — Domestic Electrical Work. 



170 BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 

Books About Animals. 

BosTOCK, F. C. — Training of Wild Animals. 

Brown, John — Rob and His Friends. (A story of a noble dog.) 
Carter, M. H., ed. — About Animals, Retold from the St; Nicholas. 

(Other volumes in this series are Bear Stories, 
Panther Stories, and Stories of Brave Dogs.) 
De la Ramee, Louise — Dog of Flanders. 
Du Chaillu, p. B. — World of the Great Forest. 
FiTZPATRicK, Sir J. P. — Jock of the Bushveld. (Story of a bull- 
terrier's life in South Africa.) 
Hagenbeck, Carl — Beasts and Men. 
Kipling, Rudyard — Jungle Book. (A delightful book about the 

secrets of animal life in the Jungle.) 
London, Jack — The Call of the Wild. (The story of a dog that 
through hardships in the Klondike, becomes wild.) 
Major, Charles — Bears of Blue River. (Thrilling adventures 

with bears.) 
Ollivant, Alfred — Bob, Son of the Battle. (The story of a dog.) 
Roberts, C. G. D. — Kindred of the Wild. 
Saunders, Marshall — Beautiful Joe. (The autobiography of a 

dog.) 
Seton, Ernest Thompson — The Biography of a Grizzly. 

Lives of the Hunted. 
Sewall, Anna — Black Beauty. (The autobiography of a horse.) 
Wesselhoft, L. F. — Jack, the Fire Dog. 

History and Historical Stories. 

Abbott, W. J. — Battle Fields of "6L 

Baldwin, James — Conquest of the Old Northwest. (Jesuit Fathers, 

Indians, fur-traders, history of the Great Lakes.) 

Barnes, James — For king or country. (Twin brothers on opposite 

sides in the Revolutionary war.) 
Brooks, Noah — First Across the Continent. (Lewis and Clarke 

expedition.) 
Coffin, C. C. — Boys of 76. (Story of the Revolutionary War.) 
Cooper, J. F. — Leather Stocking Tales. Deerslayer. (Pioneers.) 
Last of the Mohicans. (Prairie.) Path Finder. 



KAPPA SIGMA PI 171 

Dickens, Charles — Child's History of England. 
Elson, H. W. — Guide to American History. (Stories, sketches, 
and anecdotes arranged chronologically.) 
Famous Adventures and Prison Escapes of the 
Civil War. (True and exciting stories.) 
Goss, W. L.^ — Jed. (A boy's adventures in the Virginia campaign. 

Escape from Andersonville prison.) 
GuERBER, H. A. — Story of the Greeks. Story of the Romans. 

Story of the Thirteen Colonies. 
Hart, A. B. — How our Grandfathers Lived. Romance of the Civil 

War. 
Holder, E. S. — Our Country's Flag. 

KiEFFER, H. M. — Recollections of a Drummer Boy. (Civil War.) 
Lang, Andrew — Red True Story Book. (Thirty Historical tales.) 
Lodge and Roosevelt — (Hero tales from American history.) - ' 
Page, T. N. — Two Little Confederates. 
Pyle, Howard — Men of Iron. (Tale of one created knight by 

King Henry IV.) 
Scott, Sir Walter — Ivanhoe. (Mediaeval England.) 
Seawell, M. E. — Paul Jones. (A spirited account of the exploits 

of this famous revolutionary hero.) 
Stoddard, W. — With the Black Prince. (English invasion of 

France in 1346.) 
Stratemeyer, Edward — Under Dewey at Manila. 
ToMLiNSON, E. T. — Three Colonial Boys. (Stories by Tomlinson 

are a collection of history and fiction that 
the young people will find both instructive 
and entertaining.) 



Books of Wood-Craft and Out-Door Life. 

Barbour, R. H. — Book of School and College Sports. 
Beard, D. C. — American Boys' Outdoor Handy Book. 
Boy Pioneers. (Sons of Daniel Boone.) 
Bond, A. R. — Scientific American Boy. 
Camp, Walter — Book of College Sports. 
Gibson, W. H. — Camp Life in the Woods. 
Paine, A. B. — The Tent- Dwellers. . 



172 BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 

Seton, Ernest Thompson — Boy Scouts of America. (Handbook.) 

Two Little Savages. 
White, S. E. — The Forest. 

The Mountains. 



"How To" Books. 

Adams, J. W. — Harper's ^Machiner}- Book for Boys. 

Baker, F. S. — Boy's Book of Inventions. Boy's Second Book of 

Inventions. 
Baldwin, T. S. — Picture Making for Pleasure and Profit. (Pho- 
tography.) 
Beard, D. S. — American Boy's Handy Book. Jack of all Trades. 
Bond, A. R. — Handyman's Workshop and Laboratory. 
Champlin, J. D. — Young Folk's Cyclopedia of Games and Sports. 
CoMPTON, A. G. — First Lessons in Metal Working. 
Craigin, Harry — A Boy's Workshop. 
Good, Arthur — Magical Experimxcnts. 
Hopkins, G. M. — Home Mechanics for Amateurs. 
LuKiN, James — The Young Mechanic. 
Pepper, J. H. — Boy's Book of Science. 
Sanford, F. G. — The Arts and Crafts for Beginners. 
White, Mary — How to Make Baskets. 



Books About Different Occupations. 

Barnard, Charles — $2,000 a Year on Fruit and Flowers. 

BosTWiCK, A. E. — The American Public Library. 

BuRKETT, C. W. — Our Domestic Animals. 

BuRKETT, Stevens, and Hill — ^Agriculture for Beginners. 

Calkins and Holder — Modern Advertising. 

Dunbar, C. F. — Chapters on the Theory and Histor>^ of Banking. 

EwART, Field, and Morrison — Civil Service Manual. 

Freeman and Chandler — World's Commercial Products. 

Gilbert, A. S. — Modern Business Bookkeeping. 

Gladden, Washington — The Church and Modern Life. 



KAPPA SIGMA PI 173 

Goodrich, C. L. — First Book of Farming. 

Henderson, Peter — Gardening for Profit. 

Leupp, F. E. — How to Prepare for a Civil Service Examination. 

Low AND Bevis — Manual of Machine Drawing and Design. 

Macfie, F. C. — The Romance of Medicine. 

McLennan, John — Manual of Practical Farming. 

McPherson, L. G. — The Working of the Railroads. 

Moody, W. D.— Men Who Sell Things. 

Plummer, M. W. — Training for Librarianship. 

Philips, Melville — The Making of a Newspaper. 

Rainsford, W. S. — A Preacher's Story of His Life Work. 

Ralph, Julian — The Making of a Journalist. 

Rose, Joshua — The Complete Practical Machinist. 

Sando, R. B. — American Poultry Culture. 

Sloane, T. O. C. — How to Become a Successful Electrician. 

Waterhouse, p. L. — Story of the Art of Building. 

White, Horace — Money and Banking. 

Wilcox and Smith — Farmer's Cyclopedia of Live Stock. 

Williams, Archibald — How It Is Done, or Victories of the Engineer. 

Wright, Grant — The Art of Caricature. 



Pathways to Success. 

Adams, W. H. D. — The Secret of Success; or. How To Get On In 

the World. 
Cleveland, Grover — The Self-Made Man in American Life. 
Eggleston, G. C. — How to Educate Yourself. 
Hale, E. E. — What Career? 

Hall, S. R. — How to Get a Position and How to Keep It. 
Lorimer, G. H. — Letters of a Self-Made Merchant to His Son. 
Marden, O. S. — Success. (A book of ideals.) 
Marden, O. S. — Pushing to the Front. 
Mathews, William — Getting On In the World. 
Munger, T. T. — On the Threshold. 

Thwing, C. F. — The American College in American Life. 
College Training and the Business Man. 
Washington, B. T. — Character Building. 



174 BOY PROBLEM SOLVED 

Men Who Ha\'e Succeeded. 

Bolton, Sarah K. — Famous Alen of Science. Famous Voyagers 
and Explorers. Poor Boys Who Became 
Famous. 
Farmer, Lydia H. — Boy's Book of Famous Rulers. 
Parton, James — Captains of Industry*. 
Wilson, J. G., ed. — The Presidents of the United States. 
J. J. Audubon — ^by John Burroughs. (The story of a lover and 

student of birds.) 
Charles Darwin — C. F. Holder. (Interesting life of a great 

scientist.) 
Thomas Alva Edison — Francis A. Jomes. (Train boy who be- 
came an inventor.) 
Robley D. Evans — A Sailor's Log. (Recollections of Admiral 

Evans.) 
An Admiral's Log. 
Cyrus W. Field — L F. Judson. (Noted for his work on the 

Atlantic cable.) 
Benjamin Franklin — Autobiography. (Telling of his early life.) 
Grant, the Man of Mystery, by Col. Nickolas Smith. 
Abraham Lincoln, Boys' Life of — Helen Nicolay. 
John Townsend Trowbridge — My Own Story, With Recollec- 
tions of Noted Persons. 
Booker T. Washington — L'^p From Slaven,-. 
George Washington — By Horace E. Scudder. 



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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 

David H. Jemison, Grand Chaplain, Cincinnati, Ohio il 

A Boy iii 

Homer H. Selby, Grand Chancellor 4 

Chapter No. 54, Prairie City, Iowa 7 

Chapter No. 84, Newburyport, Mass 15 

Homer A. Rodeheaver, Chicago, 111,, National Organizer . . 20 
Edward D. Goller, Deputy Grand Chaplain, Cincinnati, Ohio. 20 

Chapter No. 62, Lovington, 111 23 

Chapters Nos. 29 and 30, Toledo, Ohio. Picnic 27 

C. R. Barnhart, Grand Scribe, Circleville, Ohio 41 

Group of the First General Council 47 

Rev. J. E. K. Horn, District Chaplain, Baltimore, Md .... 50 

R. L. Mauterstock, District Chaplain, Walton, N. Y 50 

Chapter No. 102, Kyoto, Japan 59 

Uncle Dave 64 

Officers Chapter No. 3, Circleville, Ohio 69 

Knots 120 

Banners , 141, 143 

Emblems and Pennants 144 

Coronets and Ballot Boxes 145 

Gavels and Blocks 146 

Flags 147 

Uniforms 151, 153 

Rank Insignia — Shoulder Straps 154 

Leggins 156 

Camp Shirts 157 

Official Jerseys or Sweaters 158 



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